Strategic human resource management, institutionalization, and employment modes: an empirical study in China

Ji Li, Kevin Lam, James J. M. Sun and Shirley X. Y. Liu

Strategic Management Journal, 2008, vol. 29, issue 3, 337-342

Abstract: This study compares the predictions of institutional theory with those of the contingency perspective of strategic human resource management (SHRM) on the selection of an employment mode. Empirical data were collected from multinational enterprises, including the electronics and garment industries, that operate in China to test the relative importance of the determinants of the selection of an employment mode. The results provide greater support for the SHRM predictions than for the institutional theory predictions. The implications of the findings for researchers and practitioners are discussed. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Date: 2008
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