Handbook on HR Process Research

Edited by Karin Sanders, Professor of Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour, UNSW Business School, Australia, Huadong Yang, Senior Lecturer, University of Liverpool Management School and Charmi Patel, Associate Professor, Henley Business School, UK

• Contents:1 Introduction to human resource management process 1Charmi Patel, Huadong Yang and Karin SandersPART I THE STATE OF HR PROCESS RESEARCH2 HR attributions: a critical review and research agenda 8Rebecca Hewett3 HR strength: past, current and future research 28Karin Sanders, Timothy C. Bednall and Huadong Yang4 Perceptions of HRM: When do we differ in perceptions?When is it meaningful to assess such differences? 47Yvonne G.T. van RossenbergPART II NEW APPLICATIONS5 Team leaders’ HR attributions and their implications on teamsand employee-level outcomes 71Yucheng Zhang, Zhiling Wang and Xin Wei6 Putting perceived HR credibility into the HRM processpicture: insights from the elaboration likelihood model 84Xiaobei Li7 HRM system strength implementation: a multi-actor processperspective 100Anna Bos-Nehles, Jordi Trullen and Mireia Valverde8 The hard problem: human resource management and performance 116Keith Townsend, Kenneth Cafferkey, Tony Dundon and Safa Riaz9 Employee attributions of talent management 133Adelle Bish, Helen Shipton and Frances Jorgensen10 Change within organizations: an attributional lens 146Karin Sanders and Alannah RaffertyPART III STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS11 Reflections on the HR landscape 163Cheri Ostroff12 The role of line managers in the HRM process 178David E. GuestIndex

‘Practitioners and scholars alike have long sought to understand how human resource management affects employee and organizational outcomes. HRM process theories help to address this enigmatic question. This edited volume is dedicated to unpacking relevant attribution and HRM system strength theories, with commentary from world-leading scholars. Through insightful theorizing and promising empirical evidence, conceptual and methodological questions pertinent to employees, line managers, organization leaders, and HR professionals are raised and addressed, setting the stage for exciting future research and practice.‘