Issue 1, 2014

Kucherov D. G. Strategic Human Resource Management: Origin and Formation of the Concept

The paper is devoted to the strategic human resource management (SHRM)concept consideration, the perspective which connects human resource management function with business strategy of organization and its performance. The role of the resource-based view of the strategic management in the SHRM concept’s formation is discussed. The evolution of scholars’ views on the SHRM nature is deduced in the origin (1980-s) and initial (1990-s) stages. The core terms which make the conceptual system of SHRM are chosen („strategic HRM“, „HR strategy”, „overall HR strategy”, „Specific HR strategies”, „vertical fit”, „horizontal fit”). The key perspectives to the HR strategy adoption in the 1990-s are defined — the contingency perspective („the best-fit approach”), the universalistic perspective („the best-practice approach”) and the configurational perspective („bundling”). Keywords: human resources, strategy, competitive advantage, resourcebased view of the firm, strategic human resource management.

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