{"title":"Back to basics in human resource theorizing: A call for greater attention to jobs","authors":"Samantha A. Conroy , John W. Morton","doi":"10.1016/j.hrmr.2023.100973","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Job categories and levels are a central part of human resource management, yet research often treats jobs as “noise” rather than fundamental to theory. We review the ways in which jobs connect to human resource strategy, as well as the role of jobs in influencing the outcomes of human resource strategy. Future researchers are encouraged to take job categories and levels into account as they develop theory and design studies in the field of human resource management.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48145,"journal":{"name":"Human Resource Management Review","volume":"33 4","pages":"Article 100973"},"PeriodicalIF":8.2000,"publicationDate":"2023-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Human Resource Management Review","FirstCategoryId":"91","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053482223000244","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"MANAGEMENT","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Job categories and levels are a central part of human resource management, yet research often treats jobs as “noise” rather than fundamental to theory. We review the ways in which jobs connect to human resource strategy, as well as the role of jobs in influencing the outcomes of human resource strategy. Future researchers are encouraged to take job categories and levels into account as they develop theory and design studies in the field of human resource management.
期刊介绍:
The Human Resource Management Review (HRMR) is a quarterly academic journal dedicated to publishing scholarly conceptual and theoretical articles in the field of human resource management and related disciplines such as industrial/organizational psychology, human capital, labor relations, and organizational behavior. HRMR encourages manuscripts that address micro-, macro-, or multi-level phenomena concerning the function and processes of human resource management. The journal publishes articles that offer fresh insights to inspire future theory development and empirical research. Critical evaluations of existing concepts, theories, models, and frameworks are also encouraged, as well as quantitative meta-analytical reviews that contribute to conceptual and theoretical understanding.
Subject areas appropriate for HRMR include (but are not limited to) Strategic Human Resource Management, International Human Resource Management, the nature and role of the human resource function in organizations, any specific Human Resource function or activity (e.g., Job Analysis, Job Design, Workforce Planning, Recruitment, Selection and Placement, Performance and Talent Management, Reward Systems, Training, Development, Careers, Safety and Health, Diversity, Fairness, Discrimination, Employment Law, Employee Relations, Labor Relations, Workforce Metrics, HR Analytics, HRM and Technology, Social issues and HRM, Separation and Retention), topics that influence or are influenced by human resource management activities (e.g., Climate, Culture, Change, Leadership and Power, Groups and Teams, Employee Attitudes and Behavior, Individual, team, and/or Organizational Performance), and HRM Research Methods.