Competitive advantage through human resource management: Best practices or core competencies?

Human Relations

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 361-372

  Pfeffer, Jeffrey ^a   Ulrich, Dave ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040432875     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726701543005     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Arthur, J. Effects of human-resource systems on manufacturing performance. Academy of Management Journal, 1994, 37, 670-87.
2. Becker, B. & Gerhart, B. The impact of human resource management on organizational performance: Progress and prospects. Academy of Management Journal, 1996, 39, 779-801.
3. Cappelli, P. The new deal at work. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1999.
4. Cappelli, P. & Crocker-Hefter, A. Distinctive human resources are firms' core competencies. Organizational Dynamics, 1996, 24, 6-23.
5. Cully, M., Woodland, S., O'Reilly, A. & Dix, G. Britain at work. London: Routledge, 1999.
6. Delery, J. & Doty, D. Theoretical frameworks in strategic human resource management: Universalistic, contingency and configurational perspectives. Academy of Management Journal, 1996, 39, 802-35.
7. Dunlop, J. & Weil, D. Diffusion and performance of modular production in the US apparel industry. Industrial Relations, 1996, 35, 334-55.
8. Eisenberger, R. & Cameron, J. Detrimental effects of reward: reality or myth? American Psychologist, 1996, 51, 1153-66.
9. Huselid, M. The impact of human resource management policies on turnover, productivity, and corporate financial performance. Academy of Management Journal, 1995, 38, 635-72.
10. Huselid, M., Jackson, S. & Schuller, R. Technical and strategic human resource management effectiveness as determinants of firm performance. Academy of Management Journal, 1997, 40, 171-88.
11. Ichniowski, C., Kochan, T., Levine, D., Olson, C. & Strauss, G. What works at work: overview and assessment. Industrial Relations, 1996, 35, 299-332.
12. Jackson, S. & Schuler, R. Understanding human-resource management in the context of organizations and their environments. Annual Review of Psychology, 1995, 46, 237-64.
13. Jackson, S., Schuler, R. & Rivero, J. Organizational characteristics as predictors of personnel practices. Personnel Psychology, 1989, 42, 727-86.
14. Kay, J. Foundations of corporate success. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995.
15. Kochan, T. & Osterman, P. The mutual gains enterprise. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1994.
16. Knouse, S. Book Review: The Human Equation. Personnel Psychology, 1998, 51, 754-9.
17. Leonard-Barton, D. Core capabilities and core rigidities: A paradox in managing new product development. Strategic Management Journal, 1992, 13, 111-25.
18. Leonard-Barton, D. Wellsprings of knowledge. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1995.
19. Miles, R. & Snow, C. Organizational strategy, structure and process. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1978.
20. Milkovich, G. & Newman, J. Compensation. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1999.
21. Pil, F. & MacDuffie, J. The adoption of high-involvement work practices. Industrial Relations, 1996, 35, 423-55.
22. Pfeffer, J. Competitive advantage through people. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1994.
23. Pfeffer, J. New directions for organization theory: Problems and prospects. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.
24. Porter, M. What is strategy? In D. Ulrich (Ed.) Delivering results. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1998, pp. 93-124.
25. Purcell, J. Best practice and best fit: Chimera or cul-de-sac? Human Resource Management Journal, 1999, 9, 26-41.
26. Storey, J. & Sisson, K. Managing human resources and industrial relations. Buckingham: Open University Press, 1993.
27. Ulrich, D. Human resource champions. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1997.
28. Ulrich, D., Losey, M. & Lake, G. Tomorrow's HR management. New York: John Wiley, 1997.
29. Ulrich, D., Zenger, J. & Smallwood, N. Results-based leadership. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1998.
30. Wood, S. & de Menezes, L. High commitment management in the UK: Evidence from the workplace industrial relations survey, and employers' manpower and skills practices survey. Human Relations, 1998, 51, 485-515.
31. Wright, P. & McMahon, G. Theoretical perspectives for strategic human resource management. Journal of Management, 1992, 18, 295-320.
32. Wright, P. & Snell, S. Toward a unifying framework for exploring fit and flexibility in strategic human resource management. Academy of Management Review, 1998, 23, 756-73.
33. Youndt, M., Snell, S., Dean, J. & Lepak, D. Human resource management, manufacturing strategy, and firm performance. Academy of Management Journal, 1996, 39, 836-66.