Human assets and management dilemmas: Coping with hazards on the road to resource-based theory

• 成果类型: Review
• 署名作者: Coff, RW
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0363-7425
• DOI: 10.2307/259327
• 发表日期: 1997
• 页码: 374-402
• 关键词: JOB-SATISFACTION; Competitive advantage; STRATEGIC RESOURCES; procedural justice; EMPLOYEE TURNOVER; performance; COSTS; ORGANIZATIONS; INFORMATION; MODEL

摘要

Resource-based theorists argue that human assets can be a source of sustainable advantage because tacit knowledge and social complexity are hard to imitate. However, these desirable attributes cause dilemmas that may prevent firms from generating an advantage. This article develops cc framework for analyzing and coping with these challenges. Although the problem arises from the strategy literature, the solutions are drawn from the organizational behavior, human resource management, human capital, and professions literatures. Finally, I examine implications for how insights from these diverse literatures can be integrated to guide future strategy research.