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Organizational and comparative institutionalism in international HRM : Toward an integrative research agenda
Author(s) -
Schotter Andreas P. J.,
Meyer Klaus,
Wood Geoffrey
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
human resource management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.888
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1099-050X
pISSN - 0090-4848
DOI - 10.1002/hrm.22053
Subject(s) - contextualization , extant taxon , institutionalism , human resource management , institutional theory , new institutionalism , sociology , relevance (law) , political science , dynamism , knowledge management , epistemology , social science , politics , law , philosophy , evolutionary biology , computer science , interpretation (philosophy) , biology , programming language
Over the past two decades, a growing body of research on human resource management (HRM) has analyzed the relationship between international HRM and institutions. This work has primarily been informed by two leading streams of theory—organizational institutionalism and comparative institutionalism. However, these two dominant streams have seen much juxtaposition, but little logical integration. Moreover, scholars have paid little attention to the dynamics of contextualization (more specifically, institutional development and evolution), which limits the relevance of extant research. In this article, we review the extant literatures and their intellectual origins and develop an integrative research agenda that emphasizes the multilevel nature of HRM and evolution under external institutional change.