Yehuda Baruch, David S. A. Guttormsen, Stanley B. Gyoshev, Trifon Pavkov, Miana Plesca
{"title":"Developing new understanding of how global talent flow impact individual and firm performance by using big data","authors":"Yehuda Baruch, David S. A. Guttormsen, Stanley B. Gyoshev, Trifon Pavkov, Miana Plesca","doi":"10.1111/1748-8583.12535","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1748-8583.12535","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Drawing on human capital theory, we explore the impact of global mobility on individuals and their employing firms. We also investigate the role of cultural distance between workers who move across country borders and the local culture, and the role that HRM may play to improve capitalizing on global talent mobility. We use a big data set comprising the entire population in one country, including about 30,000 expatriates from 143 countries employed by 15,000 firms, over 11 years of data covering about 100,000 observations on expatriates and 80,000 on their firms. Our findings support the existence of positive impact of global firms on performance (6.7% higher revenues after labor costs) and individuals' wages (10%–20% higher salaries). Both relationships are statistically and economically significantly influenced by cultural distance for the performance of global firms, leading to HRM implications.</p>","PeriodicalId":47916,"journal":{"name":"Human Resource Management Journal","volume":"34 4","pages":"879-903"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1748-8583.12535","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135372225","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"HARKing can be good for science: Why, when, and how c/should we Hypothesizing After Results are Known or Proposing research questions After Results are Known","authors":"Yehuda Baruch","doi":"10.1111/1748-8583.12534","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1748-8583.12534","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This <i>provocation</i> challenges the current view that practicing HARKing (Hypothesizing After Results are Known) must be avoided under all circumstances. I explain why and under which circumstances scholars may be allowed, even encouraged, to follow this practice. I use the extant literature and specific cases to show how HARKing can help generate new and worthy knowledge, and why an outright ban on HARKing is wrong for the field of social sciences—and, particularly, for business and management studies. The argument expands the phenomenon to PARKing too (Proposing research questions After Results are Known). The implications for knowledge creation are critical because this practice could hinder research and might defy logic. This <i>provocation</i> is intended as a thought-provoking exercise, hopefully leading to changes in the approach and mindset of scholars. HARKing could offer a major added value to the field as it helps to develop knowledge that, so far, has been blocked by attempts to ban HARKing, and thereby may help open new avenues for knowledge creation.</p>","PeriodicalId":47916,"journal":{"name":"Human Resource Management Journal","volume":"34 4","pages":"865-878"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2023-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1748-8583.12534","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135855245","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Work-life flexibility practices in context: A gendered cross-cultural analysis","authors":"Kaumudi Misra","doi":"10.1111/1748-8583.12533","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1748-8583.12533","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This paper examines the influence of cultural contexts on work-life flexibility practices and employee productivity. Using extant theory from the work-life literature and gender egalitarianism, it examines whether flexible work practices are experienced differentially by men versus women in two varied cultural contexts (Australia and India). Results show that the use of flextime reduces the productivity of men more than women in a high-income individualistic cultural context (Australia); whereas the use of telecommute or vacation time enhances the productivity of men more than women in a relatively paternalistic cultural context (India). Using uniquely comparable samples of 177 and 166 respondents respectively, the study provides new evidence on the effects of cultural contexts on work-life flexibility practices, with important implications for work-life flexibility theory and practice. For work-life flexibility practices to be effective, managers need to implement practices that align with the gendered cultural norms within which they operate.</p>","PeriodicalId":47916,"journal":{"name":"Human Resource Management Journal","volume":"34 3","pages":"810-829"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2023-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135425378","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Stock investors' reaction to layoff announcements: A meta-analysis","authors":"Kamran Eshghi, Vivek Astvansh","doi":"10.1111/1748-8583.12532","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1748-8583.12532","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Does a firm's layoff announcement elicit a negative or a positive reaction from its stock investors? The extant empirical evidence on this question is mixed. The authors' meta-analysis of 34,594 layoff announcements taken from 126 samples featured in 78 studies reports that the average investor reaction is significantly negative (effect size of −0.549). Next, the authors use signaling theory—specifically, characteristics of the signal, the signaler, and the signaling environment—to examine variation in investor reaction. They find that investors do not react if a layoff announcement signals proactive management (e.g., cost cutting) but penalize the firm if the layoff indicates reactive management (e.g., decline in demand). The penalty is also positively associated with layoff size but unrelated to firm size. Further, investors have become less punitive over time, or if its stock is traded on an exchange in civil law (vs. common law) country. The empirical generalizations guide managers on the consequences of their layoff announcements.</p>","PeriodicalId":47916,"journal":{"name":"Human Resource Management Journal","volume":"34 3","pages":"792-809"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2023-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1748-8583.12532","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136153815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction to “Human resource management in the age of generative artificial intelligence: Perspectives and research directions on ChatGPT”","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/1748-8583.12531","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1748-8583.12531","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Budhwar, P., Chowdhury, S., Wood, G., Aguinis, H., Bamber, G. J., Beltran, J. R., Boselie, P., Lee Cooke, F., Decker, S., DeNisi, A., Dey, P. K., Guest, D., Knoblich, A. J., Malik, A., Paauwe, J., Papagiannidis, S., Patel, C., Pereira, V., Ren, … Varma, A. (2023). Human resource management in the age of generative artificial intelligence: Perspectives and research directions on ChatGPT. <i>Human Resource Management Journal</i>, <i>33</i>(3), 606–659.</p><p>In this article, some of the affiliations linked to Greg J. Bamber throughout the article were incorrect.</p><p>In addition, the city to Affiliation 5 “University of Bath, Claver Down, UK” was incorrect. This should have read: “University of Bath, Claverton Down, UK”.</p><p>We apologize for these errors.</p>","PeriodicalId":47916,"journal":{"name":"Human Resource Management Journal","volume":"33 4","pages":"1097"},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47691699","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rea Prouska, Uracha Chatrakul Na Ayudhya, Alexandra Beauregard, Alexandros Psychogios, Margarita Nyfoudi
{"title":"Conceptualising the nexus between macro-level ‘turbulence’ and the worker experience","authors":"Rea Prouska, Uracha Chatrakul Na Ayudhya, Alexandra Beauregard, Alexandros Psychogios, Margarita Nyfoudi","doi":"10.1111/1748-8583.12530","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1748-8583.12530","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In this article, we introduce the special issue on <i>conceptualising the nexus between macro-level ‘turbulence’ and the worker experience</i>. We discuss ‘turbulence’ as economic, political, social, technological, and environmental crises occurring in the macro-environment and affecting the world of work. We argue that human resource management plays a critical role in supporting not only the organisation, but also workers, to navigate through macro-level events. Based on the contributions included in this Special Issue, we suggest a novel framework that situates and expands the role of the Human Resources (HR) function in contemporary organisations by proposing a new role, the <i>Proactive Carer</i>. We argue that the debates around the role of HR and HR professionals have so far been too narrow and internally focused. It is time to expand this role to be externally facing, proactively monitoring the macro-environment for significant events, anticipating any significant changes for workers, and designing interventions to minimise any negative impact. We conclude by highlighting avenues for future research.</p>","PeriodicalId":47916,"journal":{"name":"Human Resource Management Journal","volume":"34 3","pages":"781-791"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2023-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1748-8583.12530","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42844557","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Female expatriates on the move? Gender diversity management in global mobility","authors":"Benjamin Bader, Jana Bucher, Almasa Sarabi","doi":"10.1111/1748-8583.12529","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1748-8583.12529","url":null,"abstract":"<p>An increase in gender diversity activities and a greater societal awareness of inequality issues have led to an unprecedented focus on gender diversity management (GDM) in multinational companies (MNCs). Despite GDM efforts in MNCs, female expatriates continue to be under represented in global mobility and are still missing as an explicit target group in MNCs' GDM endeavors. Despite the evidence for gender-related challenges concerning expatriation, global mobility does not account for gender when it comes to policy considerations. Accordingly, based on 31 in-depth semi-structured interviews, we seek to explore why female expatriates continue to be underrepresented in international assignments. We find that the relation between a company's global mobility management and its respective GDM is, in most cases, nonexistent. We also discover that MNCs utilize a gender-blind approach that is shaped by stereotypes which favor the selection of male employees in global mobility.</p>","PeriodicalId":47916,"journal":{"name":"Human Resource Management Journal","volume":"34 3","pages":"753-780"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1748-8583.12529","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47247584","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Management practices and productivity: Does employee representation play a moderating role?","authors":"Uwe Jirjahn, Marie-Christine Laible, Jens Mohrenweiser","doi":"10.1111/1748-8583.12526","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1748-8583.12526","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Bloom and Van Reenen (2007) have suggested an index of best management practices capturing three broad areas: monitoring, targets and incentives. However, it is an open question whether the functioning of these practices depends on contextual factors. From a theoretical viewpoint, the management practices involve both productive and dysfunctional effects. We hypothesize that the relative strength of these effects depends on the industrial relations climate. Works councils help management practices live up to their potential by building long-term employer-employee cooperation. Our empirical analysis uses panel data from the German Management and Organizational Practices survey to examine this hypothesis. Applying a reformulated version of the Mundlak estimator, we disentangle short-term and sustaining productivity effects of the management practices. Our results show that the incidence of a works council specifically strengthens the sustaining productivity effect of the practices.</p>","PeriodicalId":47916,"journal":{"name":"Human Resource Management Journal","volume":"34 1","pages":"236-254"},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2023-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1748-8583.12526","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45657817","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bridging human resource management theory and practice: Implications for industry-engaged academic research","authors":"Andrew R. Timming, Johanna Macneil","doi":"10.1111/1748-8583.12523","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1748-8583.12523","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The link between academic theory and the professional practice of human resource management (HRM) is often tenuous and disjointed. The “gap” between theory and practice is damaging to academics and practitioners. On the one hand, academic research is often highly theoretical and methodologically complex. On the other, HR professionals tend to oversimplify advice on “how to solve” HRM “problems” and they may conduct research lacking rigor and nuance. Insofar as a bridge can be built between HRM theory and practice, significant benefits exist for both parties. Mick Marchington exemplified this bridge. His commitment to pluralism wrought significant influence on the professional practice of HRM through highly readable and practically useful theory. We look to Marchington's work to draw lessons on how we can better bridge theory and practice for the enrichment of academics and practitioners. We develop a framework contrasting “academic esotericism” with “practitioner reductionism.” We then propose a third way: “industry-engaged academic research.”</p>","PeriodicalId":47916,"journal":{"name":"Human Resource Management Journal","volume":"33 3","pages":"592-605"},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2023-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1748-8583.12523","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44387357","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Algorithms in personnel selection, applicants' attributions about organizations' intents and organizational attractiveness: An experimental study","authors":"Irmela Fritzi Koch-Bayram, Chris Kaibel","doi":"10.1111/1748-8583.12528","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1748-8583.12528","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Machine-learning algorithms used in personnel selection are a promising avenue for several reasons. We shift the focus to applicants' attributions about the reasons why an organization uses algorithms. Combining the human resources attributions model, signaling theory, and existing literature on the perceptions of algorithmic decision-makers, we theorize that using algorithms affects internal attributions of intent and, in turn, organizational attractiveness. In two experiments (<i>N</i> = 259 and <i>N</i> = 342), including a concurrent double randomization design for causal mediation inferences, we test our hypotheses in the applicant screening stage. The results of our studies indicate that control-focused attributions about personnel selection (cost reduction and applicant exploitation) are much stronger when algorithms are used, whereas commitment-focused attributions (quality enhancement and applicant well-being) are much stronger when human experts make selection decisions. We further find that algorithms have a large negative effect on organizational attractiveness that can be partly explained by these attributions. Implications for practitioners and academics are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":47916,"journal":{"name":"Human Resource Management Journal","volume":"34 3","pages":"733-752"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2023-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1748-8583.12528","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46528150","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}