Abstract
The management revue is a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary European journal publishing both qualitative and quantitative work as well as purely theoretical papers that advance the study of management, organisation and industrial relations.
Highlights
The article argues that empirical research on Human Resource Management creates a one-sided, distorted image of the reality of work and generates ideology
If it were the case that empirical Human Resource Management (HRM) research produced a one-sided, biased, and false image of reality, which, in addition, would be suitable to unilaterally affirm certain actions and values in particular for companies and managers and that the findings generally did not aid in improving conditions for the employees, it would be justified to say that HRM research generates ideology
The results indicate that a large part of HRM research in total, and of empirical research deals mainly with managers and experts or other highly qualified staff
Summary
The thesis of this article is: the empirical research in Human Resource Management creates a wrong image of the reality of work. I contend that research in Human Resource Management (HRM) mainly focuses on economic aims and employer objectives and rather neglects employee interests as a starting point for research. Those variables are analysed which refer to work performance. If it were the case that empirical HRM research produced a one-sided, biased, and false image of reality, which, in addition, would be suitable to unilaterally affirm certain actions and values in particular for companies and managers and that the findings generally did not aid in improving conditions for the employees, it would be justified to say that HRM research generates ideology.
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