The Configurational Approach to Linking Strategic Human Resource Management Bundles with Business Performance: Myth or Reality?

Eleni T. Stavrou () and Chris Brewster ()
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Eleni T. Stavrou: University of Cyprus, Department of Pubic and Business Administration

management revue. Socio-economic Studies, 2005, vol. 16, issue 2, 186-201

Abstract: Strategic human resource management has been linked to competitive advantage and in turn to organizational performance. This linkage has been viewed from a universal, a contextual or a configurational perspective. Adopting the latter perspective, the authors of the present study investigate the possible Strategic HRM Bundles of competitive advantage within the EU and the extent to which these bundles are linked to business performance. The exploration revealed fifteen bundles: six of which have a positive and one has a negative relation to performance. These results raise theoretical as well as practical implications about the extent to which HRM is viewed strategically within the EU business context.

Keywords: Business Performance; Competitive Advantage; Strategic Human Resource Management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F23 J53 M10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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