Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-302) and index.

Human resource strategy : emergence and types -- Introduction -- The adoption, formulation and implementation of hr strategies -- Models of hr strategy -- Subsystem-specific human resource strategies -- The people flow subsystem -- The performance management subsystem -- The compensation subsystem -- The employee relations subsystem -- Human resource strategy : impact, challenges and developing approaches -- The impact of hr strategy -- Diversity and intergenerational strategies -- Globalization and hr strategy -- Convergence & divergence in hr strategy : evidence from the bric countries -- Russia / Anna Griaznova -- China / Li Wang, Jingjing Ma & Jenny Chen Li -- India / Ashok Som -- Brazil / Allan C. Q. Barbosa & Júnia M.Rodrigues.

What is human resource strategy? How are human resources strategies formulated and how can we explain the variance between what is espoused and what is actually implemented? What impact - if any - does human resource strategy have on the organization's "bottom line," and how can this impact be explained? Is there one best HR strategy for all firms, or is the impact of HR strategy on performance contingent on some set of organizational, technological or environmental factors? Human Resource Strategy, 2nd edition,nbsp;provides an overview of the academic and practitioner responses to these and other questions. Applying an integrative framework, the authors review 30 years' worth of empirical and theoretical research in an attempt to reconcile often-conflicting conceptual models and competing empirical results. Complex theoretical models and scientific findings are presented in an accessible and relevant way, in the context of the strategic decisions that executives are forced to make on a regular basis. This new edition features an updated literature review, coverage of the latest challengesnbsp;to HR strategy,nbsp;new mini-cases, discussion questions, additional examples, and an emphasis on the strategic implications of the research, making it an ideal resource for students and practitioners alike.