HR Support for Enhanced Small Firm Performance

Carol Atkinson () and Ben Lupton ()
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Carol Atkinson: Manchester Metropolitan University Business School
Ben Lupton: Manchester Metropolitan University Business School

Chapter Chapter 3 in Reframing HRM in SMEs, 2023, pp 51-76 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In this chapter we present findings from a project that offered HR support to small firms adopting the discourse of strategic human resource management (SHRM), which posits that progressive HR practice can improve firm performance. We explore how HR support can address both HR content and process, offering advice to owner-managers in the absence of an HR specialist. While uptake of support can be limited, we demonstrate its potentially positive effects on HR practice and, tentatively, performance. We suggest that SHRM is possible in small firms. We argue that bespoke, specialist HR support can be highly effective and that policy-makers should seek to make this available and address the barriers to accessing it.

Keywords: HR content; HR process; HR-performance; Owner-managers; HR support services (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-34279-0_3

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