TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring the power dimensions of the human resource function
AU - Sheehan, Cathy Robyn
AU - De Cieri, Helen Louise
AU - Cooper, Brian
AU - Brooks, Robert Darren
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - While a large body of literature has investigated the content of human resource management (HRM) practices, this research explores the process through which the HRM function impacts on organisational performance. Specifically, the research explores the reasons for the success or failure of HRM initiatives that have been associated with organisational outcomes and classifies the reasons as dimensions of HRM power. Based on 26 interviews conducted in Australia with senior HRM executives, top management team (TMT) executives and two management consultants, we found that, in order to contribute to organisational performance, HRM professionals can effectively utilise three dimensions of power, namely power of resources, power of processes and power of meaning. The findings offer new insights to the relationship between dimensions of HRM power and organisational performance.
AB - While a large body of literature has investigated the content of human resource management (HRM) practices, this research explores the process through which the HRM function impacts on organisational performance. Specifically, the research explores the reasons for the success or failure of HRM initiatives that have been associated with organisational outcomes and classifies the reasons as dimensions of HRM power. Based on 26 interviews conducted in Australia with senior HRM executives, top management team (TMT) executives and two management consultants, we found that, in order to contribute to organisational performance, HRM professionals can effectively utilise three dimensions of power, namely power of resources, power of processes and power of meaning. The findings offer new insights to the relationship between dimensions of HRM power and organisational performance.
U2 - 10.1111/1748-8583.12027
DO - 10.1111/1748-8583.12027
M3 - Article
SN - 0954-5395
VL - 24
SP - 193
EP - 210
JO - Human Resource Management Journal
JF - Human Resource Management Journal
IS - 2
ER -