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Strategic human resource management, institutionalization, and employment modes: an empirical study in China
Author(s) -
Li Ji,
Lam Kevin,
Sun James J. M.,
Liu Shirley X. Y.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
strategic management journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 11.035
H-Index - 286
eISSN - 1097-0266
pISSN - 0143-2095
DOI - 10.1002/smj.655
Subject(s) - multinational corporation , institutionalisation , china , institutional theory , contingency , empirical research , human resource management , resource (disambiguation) , business , contingency theory , mode (computer interface) , industrial organization , selection (genetic algorithm) , resource dependence theory , perspective (graphical) , resource based view , economics , management , marketing , political science , computer science , competitive advantage , computer network , linguistics , philosophy , finance , epistemology , artificial intelligence , law , operating system
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.