Applied psychologists have developed sophisticated tools and techniques intended to
improve the effectiveness of organizations, and substantial evidence attesting to the value of …

This research review focuses on the links between human resource strategies and
organizational effectiveness. It is likely that bundles of, or configurations of, activities are …

The most recent trend manufacturers have embraced to seek operational performance
improvements is the use of a wide range of digital technologies typically associated with …

Much of the hoopla surrounding quality circles, teams, and high-performance work systems
has been based on anecdotes and very thin evidence. It has not been established that those …

Using a unique international data set from a 1989–90 survey of 62 automotive assembly
plants, the author tests two hypotheses: that innovative HR practices affect performance not …

The theories of supermodular optimization and games provide a framework for the analysis
of systems marked by complementarity. We summarize the principal results of these theories …

Lean production not only successfully challenged the accepted mass production practices in
the automotive industry, significantly shifting the trade-off between productivity and quality …

We examine how firms discover effective competitive positions in worlds that are both novel
and complex. In such settings, neither rational deduction nor local search is likely to lead a …

This study links workplace flexibility policies—formal, informal, and perceived usable—to
organizational commitment and self‐reported productivity. Professional and technical …

Although researchers in strategic human resource management have established a
relationship between HRM practices and organizational performance, the intervening …