Strategic human resource management, institutionalization, and employment modes: An empirical study in China

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Li, Ji; Lam, Kevin; Sun, James J. M.; Liu, Shirley X. Y.
• 署名单位: Hong Kong Baptist University; Chinese University of Hong Kong; Renmin University of China; South China University of Technology
• 刊物名称: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0143-2095
• DOI: 10.1002/smj.655
• 发表日期: 2008
• 页码: 337-342
• 关键词: strategic human resource management; institutions in China

摘要

This study compares the predictions of institutional theory with those of the contingency perspective of strategic human resource management (SHRM) on the selection of an employment mode. Empirical data were collected from multinational enterprises, including the electronics and garment industries, that operate in China to test the relative importance of the determinants of the selection of an employment mode. The results provide greater support for the SHRM predictions than for the institutional theory predictions. The implications of the findings for researchers and practitioners are discussed. Copyright (C) 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.