Call for papers
International Journal of HRM
Special Issue on
'COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON HR AND LINE MANAGER RELATIONSHIPS AND THEIR
EFFECTS ON EMPLOYEES'
Guest editors;
Karin Sanders, University of Twente, the Netherlands
Steve Frenkel, Australian School of Business, Australia
Submission deadline: April 30, 2009
Special issue will be published in 2011
Special issue: editorial; 12 articles
ABSTRACT
Given the contradictory results regarding the effects of HRM on employee
performance there has been a wave of interest in exploring the processes
that lie between HR strategy, policy and outcomes. New perspectives
require a focus on HR relationships and processes, and in this regard
the major players include line managers and their HR counterparts at
various organizational levels. In this special issue, we contend that
it is the relationship between HR and line managers, including the
context in which this occurs, which provides a key to understanding HR
practice implementation and employee perceptions of the organization's
people practices more generally. This in turn is likely to affect
employees' organizational commitment, satisfaction and well being. Bowen
and Ostroff's (2004) HR theory concerning the characteristics of HR
systems is useful in elaborating this perspective. For this special
issue we ask for articles concerning the issue that the collaborative
and consensual relationship between line and HR managers is likely to
promote a strong HR climate that will be reflected in favorable employee
responses. However, consensus is only one possibility. A key question
investigated for this special issue is how these relationships vary and
their consequent impact on employee perceptions of HR practice and on
employee responses.
Key words: HR professionals, line managers, relationships between HR and
line managers, HR systems and employee outcomes
Within this special issue of International Journal of HRM we seek
further our understanding of comparative perspectives on hr and line
manager relationships and their effects on employees. Exploration of the
issue related to the effects of the relationships between hr and line
managers take place in many countries and from a range of theoretical
stances. For this special issue we welcome contributions which address
the theme of the effects of consensus between hr and line managers in a
broad range of employee outcomes in different countries. Given the
mission of IJofHRM especially comparisons between different countries
are welcome.
Any questions about the special issue should be directed to Karin
Sanders, at
k.sanders@utwente.nl and Steve Frenkel,
stevef@agsm.edu.au