Abstract
In the ongoing debate about professionalization of Human Resource Management, the interaction of HRM with the legal context has rarely been explored and the few studies have been conducted in Common law contexts (especially the US). To investigate the interaction between the legal context and HRM professionalization we consider the case of a legal change in a Civil law context, the amendments of the equal treatment law in Austria (2011/2013). Using a discourse analytical lens we show that even though HRM practices were the explicit target of the law, representatives of the HRM occupation did not actively engage in the legislative process before the law was passed. Rather, HRM framed its own practices and interacted with the legal context in implementing the amendment. Still, these implementation activities were associated with HRM status improvement.
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