Staffing policies of leading professional service firms

IF 1 Q4 MANAGEMENT

Intangible Capital Pub Date : 2019-03-28 DOI:10.3926/IC.1370

C. Martínez-Costa, M. Mas-Machuca, Jordi Olivella

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Abstract

Purpose: The aim of this study is to analyse the prevalence of the staffing policies associated with the characteristics of the two basic types of organisational configurations identified by Institutional theory (Professional Partnership and Managed Professional Business), or conversely, if they have been evolving as a consequence of contextual factors and trends.Design/methodology/approach: Exploratory research was performed through the case study method. Six case studies were conducted in Spanish affiliates of leading multinational management consulting firms.Findings: Our analysis revealed that the staffing policies and practices of the companies differ significantly. It was further deduced that the origin of companies and the practice of activities other than business consulting could influence their staffing policies. It is concluded that mixed models do exist nowadays and that the origin of companies largely determines their policies.Research limitations/implications: Cultural factors among countries could influence HRM policies and practices. Furthermore, the size of companies could determine (or limit) the implementation of certain staffing policies. The study could be extended to a sample of consulting companies of various sizes and countries to enrich the resultsPractical implications: For HR managers, knowing the staffing policies at these major companies is a benchmark of HRM effectiveness to be applied to their own companies. In particular, these cases are relevant for other knowledge intensive organizations.Originality/value: The paper provides current empirical evidence on the HRM staffing policies of leading consulting firms and their evolution

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主要专业服务公司的人员配置政策

目的:本研究的目的是分析与制度理论确定的两种基本类型的组织配置特征(专业伙伴关系和管理专业企业)相关的人员配置政策的普遍性，或者相反，如果它们作为背景因素和趋势的结果而不断发展。设计/方法论/方法:通过案例研究法进行探索性研究。在主要跨国管理咨询公司的西班牙分公司进行了六个案例研究。结果:我们的分析显示，两家公司的人事政策和做法存在显著差异。据进一步推断，公司的起源和从事商业咨询以外的活动可能影响其人员配置政策。本文的结论是，混合模式确实存在，公司的起源在很大程度上决定了公司的政策。研究局限性/启示:国家之间的文化因素可能影响人力资源管理政策和实践。此外，公司的规模可能决定(或限制)某些人员配备政策的实施。本研究可以扩展到不同规模和国家的咨询公司样本，以丰富结果。实际意义:对于人力资源经理来说，了解这些大公司的人事政策是人力资源管理有效性的基准，可以应用于自己的公司。特别是，这些案例与其他知识密集型组织相关。原创性/价值:本文提供了当前主要咨询公司人力资源管理人员配置政策及其演变的实证证据

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Intangible Capital MANAGEMENT-

CiteScore

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.