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The drunkard's search: looking for 'HRM' in all the wrong places

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Date

2008

Authors

McKenna, Steve
Singh, Parbudyal
Richardson, Jules

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Publisher

Springer Verlag

Abstract

Specific concerns have been raised about the ontologies and epistemologies that have dominated HRM research and the concomitant ubiquity of positivistic research methodologies. These concerns have also given rise to calls for more pioneering research framed within alternative paradigms. This paper considers the theoretical and practical value of alternative approaches to the study of HRM. Results show, drawing on interpretive studies of HRM rooted in different epistemologies, ontologies, and methodologies that a composite body of HRM scholarship is needed, where dominant and emerging approach is to the study of HRM are mutually supportive.

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Interpretivism, Positivism, Performance appraisal, Human resources management

Citation

McKenna, S., Singh, P., & Richardson, J. (2008). The drunkard’s search: looking for HRM in all the wrong places. Management International Review, 48(1), 115-136.