Title: Strategic human resource management, institutionalization, and employment modes: an empirical study in China.
Authors: Li, Ji; Lam, Kevin; Sun, James J. M.; Liu, Shirley X. Y.
Abstract: 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 © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Subjects: CHINA; PERSONNEL management; STRATEGIC enterprise management; INSTITUTIONAL theory (Sociology); INTERNATIONAL business enterprises; INDUSTRIES
Publication: Strategic Management Journal (Wiley-Blackwell) - 1980 to 2009, 2008, Vol 29, Issue 3, p337
ISSN: 0143-2095
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.1002/smj.655

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

Li, Ji; Lam, Kevin; Sun, James J. M.; Liu, Shirley X. Y.