International Journal of Manpower: Volume 26 Issue 6

Organizational effectiveness through technology innovation and HRM strategies

Zhongming Wang

This editorial aims at providing a general framework for papers in this special issue. The main theme is to understand the organizational effectiveness from recent developments in…

Technology innovation, human resources and dysfunctional integration

Arne Stjernholm Madsen, John P. Ulhøi

To provide an in‐depth empirical account demonstrating the danger of letting the innovative human resources of the business development function “slide” further out of orbit and…

An exploratory study on contingency factors affecting R&D performance measurement

Eunseong Cho, Mushin Lee

To explore the effects of contingency and the position of R&D professionals on R&D performance measurement.

Informal contacts and performance in innovation teams

J. Kratzer, Roger Th.A.J. Leenders, Jo M.L. Van Engelen

The paper addresses the effect friendly and friendship relationships among members of innovation teams on the performance of the teams.

A system model for corporate entrepreneurship

Jin Chen, Zhaohui Zhu, Wang Anquan

To measure the factors contributing to corporate entrepreneurship cultivation and examine the relation between corporate entrepreneurship and innovation performance.

Strategic human resources, innovation and entrepreneurship fit: A cross‐regional comparative model

Zhongming Wang, Zhi Zang

Strategic human resource management (SHRM) is seen as crucial for innovation and entrepreneurship in China. An empirical research was carried out to investigate main dimensions of…

The effects of culture and HRM practices on firm performance: Empirical evidence from Singapore

Irene K.H. Chew, Basu Sharma

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of organizational culture and human resource management (HRM) effectiveness on financial performance of a sample of…

Strategy alignment between HRM, KM, and corporate development

Hsi‐An Shih, Yun‐Hwa Chiang

This study seeks to examine the relationships between corporate strategy, human resource management (HRM) strategy, and knowledge management (KM) strategy, as well as their…