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Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies (CAHRS): Recent submissions
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How High Performance Human Resource Practices and Workforce Unionization Affect Managerial Pay
Colvin, Alexander; Batt, Rosemary; Katz, Harry C. (2000-11-01)Using data from a nationally representative sample of telecommunications establishments, this study finds that HR practices and workforce unionization influence managerial pay levels and the ratio of manager-to-worker pay. ... -
Toward a Strategic Human Resource Management Model of High Reliability Organization Performance
Ericksen, Jeff; Dyer, Lee (2004-03-01)In this article, we extend strategic human resource management (SHRM) thinking to theory and research on high reliability organizations (HROs) using a behavioral approach. After considering the viability of reliability as ... -
People in the E-Business: New Challenges, New Solutions
Wright, Patrick M.; Dyer, Lee (2000-11-29)[Excerpt] Human Resource Planning Society’s (HRPS) annual State of the Art/Practice (SOTA/P) study has become an integral contributor to HRPS’s mission of providing leading edge thinking to its members. Past efforts conducted ... -
The Role of End-of-Course Exams and Minimum Competency Exams in Standards-Based Reforms
Bishop, John H.; Mane, Ferran; Bishop, Michael; Moriarty, Joan (2000-07-01)[Excerpt] Educational reformers and most of the American public believe that most teachers ask too little of their pupils. These low expectations, they believe, result in watered down curricula and a tolerance of mediocre ... -
Crafting A Human Resource Strategy To Foster Organizational Agility: A Case Study
Shafer, Richard A.; Dyer, Lee; Kilty, Janine; Amos, Jeffrey; Ericksen, G. A. (Jeff) (2000-07-01)A decade ago, the CEO of Albert Einstein Healthcare Network (AEHN), anticipating a tumultuous and largely unpredictable period in its industry, undertook to convert this organization from one that was basically stable and ... -
Managing Customer Services: Human Resource Practices, Turnover, and Sales Growth
Batt, Rosemary (2000-06-29)This study examines the relationship between human resource practices, employee quit rates, and organizational performance by drawing on a unique nationally representative sample of 354 customer service and sales establishments ... -
Strategic Segmentation in Frontline Services: Matching Customers, Employees, and Human Resource Systems
Batt, Rosemary (2000-05-01)This paper examines variation in the use of high involvement work practices in service and sales operations. I argue that the relationship between the customer and frontline service provider is a central feature that ... -
The Human Capital “Impact” on E-Business: The Case of Encyclopedia Britannica
Boudreau, John W.; Dunford, Benjamin; Ramstad, Peter M. (2000-05-15)[Excerpt] The term “New Economy” has been coined to describe the remarkable economic performance of the 1990s. Stiroh, (1999) an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York observes that its defining characteristic ... -
Theoretical and Empirical Challenges in Studying: The HR Practice - Firm Performance Relationship
Wright, Patrick M.; Gardner, Timothy M. (2000-03-30)Over the past 10 years a plethora of research has been conducted seeking to establish a relationship between human resource (HR) practices and firm performance. While this research has demonstrated promising results, a ... -
Determinants of Preference for Contingent Employment
Marler, Janet H.; Milkovich, George T. (2000-01-01)This paper explores the determinants of preference for contingent employment using a national probability sample of temporary workers and independent contractors. A multi-level model of preference and multivariate analyses ...