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Paying the piper: choice and constraint in changing HR functional roles

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posted on 2023-06-08, 16:58 authored by Catherine Truss, Lynda Gratton, Veronica Hope-Hailey, Philip Stiles, Joanna Zaleska
HR directors are often exhorted to play a more 'strategic' role in their organisations. However, it is not necessarily clear what is meant by this, or whether it is possible for departments to change their role at a whim. In this article we examine the changing role of the HR function within two contrasting organisations - an NHS trust and a bank - over a period of seven years. Drawing on role-set theory and concepts of negotiated order, we illustrate how HR functional roles are located within a complex and dynamic social setting, and present a model that seeks to map these interrelationships.

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Publication status

  • Published

Journal

Human Resource Management Journal

ISSN

0954-5395

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing

Issue

2

Volume

12

Page range

39-63

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  • Business and Management Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2010-09-30

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