TY - JOUR
T1 - Contextual Effects on HRM Systems and the Role of HRM Departments. A 34-Countries Analysis.
AU - Mayrhofer, Wolfgang
AU - Biemann, Torsten
AU - Koch-Bayram, Irmela
AU - Rapp, Marco Leander
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Using the comparative contextual framework of HRM, we investigate the effects of external and internal context on HRM systems. Further, we add HRM’s organizational integration that pre-sumably fosters the adoption of context-specific HRM systems. We draw on data from 4,768 organizations across 34 countries and analyze the similarity of HRM systems with distance matri-ces, a widely used approach in geographic science. Our results show that both external and inter-nal context affect (dis)similarity of HRM systems and highlight that organizations that operate in a similar institutional environment have more similar HRM systems. Furthermore, we find that devolvement of HRM activities from HRM to line management leads to less similarity of HRM practices between organizations. Future research needs to take a broad set of context dimensions as well as the role of the HRM department into account and also include organizational power dynamics.
AB - Using the comparative contextual framework of HRM, we investigate the effects of external and internal context on HRM systems. Further, we add HRM’s organizational integration that pre-sumably fosters the adoption of context-specific HRM systems. We draw on data from 4,768 organizations across 34 countries and analyze the similarity of HRM systems with distance matri-ces, a widely used approach in geographic science. Our results show that both external and inter-nal context affect (dis)similarity of HRM systems and highlight that organizations that operate in a similar institutional environment have more similar HRM systems. Furthermore, we find that devolvement of HRM activities from HRM to line management leads to less similarity of HRM practices between organizations. Future research needs to take a broad set of context dimensions as well as the role of the HRM department into account and also include organizational power dynamics.
U2 - 10.5465/AMBPP.2022.137
DO - 10.5465/AMBPP.2022.137
M3 - Journal article
SN - 2151-6561
VL - 2022
JO - Academy of Management Proceedings
JF - Academy of Management Proceedings
IS - 1
T2 - Academy of Management Annual Meeting
Y2 - 5 August 2022 through 9 August 2022
ER -