Role of line managers in human resource activities: evidence from a case study

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Intangible Capital Pub Date : 2024-01-22 DOI:10.3926/ic.2279

Roya Anvari, Mariam Janjaria, Ali Shirvani

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Purpose: This study aims to explain the role of line managers in human resource activities. It is a case study in West Midlands.Design/methodology/approach: The trend of line managers (LMs) involvement in human resource (HR) activities has been on-going for a while. There has been a lot of intellectual debate and controversy on the issue. Also, organisations have faced lots of challenges due to this same issue. This study aims to discover how to cope with this problem by utilizing human resources activities. This research adopted a qualitative single case study approach on a University in West Midlands, UK. In the first instance, 35 respondents consisting of line managers and HR practitioners across the Business School were invited to participate in this research. Within the context of LMs, purposive sampling was used.Findings: The findings show that Line Managers that enhances abilities are significantly associated to HR activities. Line Managers that enhance motivation and involvement are significantly assocaited to HR activities. And the results showed that HR respondent 1 to 5 said LMs play an important role and are needed to carry out HR activities.Originality/value: The analysis of the case, highlights the benefits of the novel idea of line managers and human resource practitioners and contributes to the need for greater clarity and knowledge of the barriers in the involvement of LMs in HR activities. Social implications: This study has shown LMs and HR practitioners have their different reserves about working together but the issue presently is, none of them is dispensable so they have to work together. It is necessary for HR practitioners to consult LMs when formulating policies and procedures to ensure balance between business needs and standard policies, and procedures.

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部门经理在人力资源活动中的作用：案例研究的证据

目的：本研究旨在解释直线经理在人力资源活动中的作用。这是一项在西米德兰兹郡进行的案例研究：直线经理（LMs）参与人力资源（HR）活动的趋势已经持续了一段时间。在这个问题上一直存在着大量的思想争论和争议。同时，各组织也面临着同样的挑战。本研究旨在探讨如何利用人力资源活动来应对这一问题。本研究对英国西米德兰兹郡的一所大学采用了定性单一案例研究方法。首先，35 名受访者（包括商学院的部门经理和人力资源从业人员）应邀参加了本研究。在直线经理的范围内，采用了目的取样法：研究结果表明，提高能力的部门经理与人力资源活动有重要关联。提高积极性和参与度的直线经理与人力资源活动有明显关联。结果表明，人力资源受访者 1 至 5 表示，直线经理发挥着重要作用，开展人力资源活动需要直线经理：原创性/价值：通过对案例的分析，突出了直线经理和人力资源从业人员新颖想法的益处，并有助于进一步明确和了解 LM 参与人力资源活动的障碍。社会影响：这项研究表明，基层管理者和人力资源从业人员在合作问题上有各自不同的保留意见，但目前的问题是，他们都不是可有可无的，因此必须合作。人力资源从业人员在制定政策和程序时，有必要征求劳工管理者的意见，以确保业务需求与标准政策和程序之间的平衡。

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Intangible Capital MANAGEMENT-

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1.50

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16.70%

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审稿时长

33 weeks

期刊介绍： The aim of Intangible Capital is to publish theoretical and empirical articles that contribute to contrast, extend and build theories that contribute to advance our understanding of phenomena related with management, and the management of intangibles, in organizations, from the perspectives of strategic management, human resource management, psychology, education, IT, supply chain management and accounting. The scientific research in management is grounded on theories developed from perspectives taken from a diversity of social sciences. Intangible Capital is open to publish articles that, from sociology, psychology, economics and industrial organization contribute to the scientific development of management and organizational science. Intangible Capital publishes scholar articles that contribute to contrast existing theories, or to build new theoretical approaches. The contributions can adopt confirmatory (quantitative) or explanatory (mainly qualitative) methodological approaches. Theoretical essays that enhance the building or extension of theoretical approaches are also welcome. Intangible Capital selects the articles to be published with a double bind, peer review system, following the practices of good scholarly journals. Intangible Capital publishes three regular issues per year following an open access policy. On-line publication allows to reduce publishing costs, and to make more agile the process of reviewing and edition. Intangible Capital defends that open access publishing fosters the advance of scientific knowledge, making it available to everyone. Intangible Capital publishes articles in English, Spanish and Catalan.