A Theoretical Exploration of the Adoption and design of Flexible Benefit Plans: A Case of Human Resource Innovation

M.W. Marringer and G.T. Milkovich

Working Papers from Cornell - Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies

Abstract: This article explores theoretical explanations of managers' decisions about flexible benefit plans. We (1) examine the adoption and design of flexible benefit plans through four theoretic lenses: institutional, resource dependence, agency, and transaction costs; (2) integrate the relevant insights gained from these theories into a more complete model and derive propositions for future research; and (3) generalize the insights gained from exploring a specific innovation to broader questions surrounding decisions about other human resource innovations. loring a specific innovation to broader questions surrounding decisions about other human resource innovations.

Keywords: MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L23 M10 M12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 41 pages
Date: 1997
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