Modes of theorizing in strategic human resource management: Tests of universalistic, contingency, and configurational performance predictions

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Delery, JE; Doty, DH
• 署名单位: Syracuse University
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/256713
• 发表日期: 1996
• 页码: 802-835
• 关键词: MANUFACTURING PERFORMANCE; financial performance; INSTITUTIONAL-THEORY; systems; COMPENSATION; LEVEL; TYPOLOGIES; turnover; firm; fit

摘要

The field of strategic human resource management (SHRM) has been criticized for lacking a solid theoretical foundation. This article documents that, contrary to this criticism, the SHRM literature draws on three dominant modes of theorizing: universalistic, contingency, and configurational perspectives, Seven key strategic human resource practices are identified and used to develop theoretical arguments consistent with each perspective, The results demonstrate that each perspective can be used to structure theoretical arguments that explain significant levels of variation in financial performance.