Premium
Organizational environment and business strategy: Parallel versus conflicting influences on human resource strategy in the pharmaceutical industry
Author(s) -
Bamberger Peter,
Phillips Bruce
Publication year - 1991
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.3930300202
Subject(s) - business , resource (disambiguation) , human resources , strategic management , human resource management , industrial organization , knowledge management , process management , marketing , management , computer science , economics , computer network
While much attention in recent years has been focused on the issue of human resource strategy, little research has been conducted on the degree to which the various forces helping to shape human resource strategy exert parallel or conflicting influences. In this article, business environment and strategy influences on corporate human resource strategies in the pharmaceutical industry are examined. In particular, data derived from corporate annual reports are used to generate a grounded theory of where, when, and why environmental influences on human resource strategy may be more or less consistent with business strategy influences across a number of human resource strategy dimensions.