Is HRM catching on?

Abstract

There has been, and continues to be, a heated debate about the take‐up and significance of human resource management (HRM) across the economy. Much of that debate has proceeded at the conceptual and normative levels with very little recourse to empirical data. Reports on findings from two extensive pieces of fieldwork conducted over two different time periods (1987‐89 and 1992‐94), which show considerable experimentation with many elements of the HRM model. Discusses the factors inhibiting a fuller embrace of HRM.