Evolution of strategic HRM as seen through two founding books: A 30th anniversary perspective on development of the field

Kaufman, Bruce E.

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Evolution of strategic HRM as seen through two founding books: A 30th anniversary perspective on development of the field

Kaufman, Bruce E.·2015·Human Resource Management

DOI 10.1002/hrm.21720

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Two pioneering books published in 1984 arguably launched the field of strategic human resource management (SHRM). The first is Strategic Human Resource Management by Fombrun, Tichy, and Devanna; the second is Managing Human Assets by Beer, Spector, Lawrence, Mills, and Walton. This article provides a 30th anniversary review of the two books, partly to honor their pioneering contributions but also to use them as a lens for examining how the field has subsequently evolved and developed. Two recently published SHRM books are used as a benchmark for this analysis. The review identifies areas of SHRM constancy and change, major theoretical and empirical innovations, and newly developed research questions and directions, largely in an American context. Diagrammatic models of SHRM are synthesized and compared from the four books; also, nine specific dimensions of evolution in the field are highlighted with discussion of advances and shortcomings. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Authors: Kaufman, B. E.
Affiliations: Griffith University (AU)
Corresponding author: Kaufman, Bruce E.
ORCID: Kaufman, Bruce E.
Venue: Human Resource Management
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2015-05
Volume: 54
Issue: 3
Pages: 389-407
ISSN: 0090-4848 (ISSN-L)
1099-050X
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.21720
OpenAlex: W1522764889
Cited by: 171
References: 63
Citations by year: 2026: 16 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 19 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 23 · 2020: 24 · 2019: 19 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 11 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 1
Type: book review
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor, 19 d)
Locations: Human Resource Management (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Human Resource and Talent Management
Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Management and Organizational Practices
Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Management Theory and Practice
Keywords: strategic human resource management, history of HRM

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