Resource orchestration in practice: CEO emphasis on SHRM, commitment-based HR systems, and firm performance

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 360-376

  Chadwick, Clint ^a   Super, Janice F ^c   Kwon, Kiwook ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^c MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Firm performance; HR systems; Resource orchestration; Resource based theory; Structural equations model

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT; PLANNING;

FIRM PERFORMANCE; HR SYSTEMS; RESOURCE ORCHESTRATION; RESOURCE-BASED THEORY; STRUCTURAL EQUATIONS MODELING;

MANAGERS;

EID: 84921878190     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2217     Document Type: Article

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