Managing human resource management tensions in project-based organisations: evidence from Bangalore
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Mathew, J., Srinavasan, V., Croucher, R. and Gooderham, P. 2023. Managing human resource management tensions in project-based organisations: evidence from Bangalore. Human Resource Management Journal. 33 (2), pp. 432-451. https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12439
Type | Article |
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Title | Managing human resource management tensions in project-based organisations: evidence from Bangalore |
Authors | Mathew, J., Srinavasan, V., Croucher, R. and Gooderham, P. |
Abstract | We examine human resource management (HRM) in a large Bangalore project-based software company. Diverse adaptations of organisation-level HRM exist in projects, generating heterogeneous HRM practices across the organisation, resulting in management–employee tensions. Paradoxes are managed through a comprehensive, detailed and complementary set of structural and relational coping mechanisms, designed to promote employee commitment. These mechanisms were only partially successful, largely because of ongoing client interventions in project management. The motivations for and directions of client interventions are closely linked to the type of work undertaken in projects. Service market imperatives limit managers' scope to negotiate such interventions. |
Keywords | coping mechanisms; India; project-based organisations; paradox theory; tensions |
Publisher | Wiley |
Journal | Human Resource Management Journal |
ISSN | 0954-5395 |
Electronic | 1748-8583 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 14 Apr 2022 |
07 Apr 2023 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 17 Feb 2022 |
Accepted | 14 Jan 2022 |
Submitted | 03 Sep 2020 |
Output status | Published |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Accepted author manuscript | File Access Level Restricted |
Copyright Statement | © 2022 The Authors. Human Resource Management Journal published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12439 |
Language | English |
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