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Business strategy, human resources, labour market flexibility, and competitive advantage
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This paper contributes to the strategic human resource management literature by testing the three main approaches - the universalistic ('best practice'), contingency and configurational - against an original database. Specifically, we examine: (1) the relationship between HR and firm performance, (2) the links between strategy, HR and the use of flexible employment contracts and (3) the moderating effects of strategy on the links between HR, flexible labour and firm performance. Using origin...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1080/0958519042000339598
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- Routledge Publisher's website
- Journal:
- International Journal of Human Resource Management Journal website
- Volume:
- 16
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 445-464
- Publication date:
- 2005-03-01
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1466-4399
- ISSN:
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0958-5192
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- English
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- ora:2155
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- 2008-07-04
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- Taylor and Francis Group Ltd
- Copyright date:
- 2005
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- N.B. Professor Michie was based at Birmingham Business School when this article was first published. The full-text of this article is not available in ORA at this time. Citation: Michie, J. & Sheehan, M. (2005). 'Business strategy, human resources, labour market flexibility and competitive advantage', International Journal of Human Resource Management, 16(3), 445-464. [Available at http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=0958%2d5192&volume=16&issue=3&spage=445].
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