Theory of SHRM: Strategy and Performance

Abstract

Two dimensions of strategic HRM (SHRM) dominate the literature since 1981. Academic discussion for SHRM research simultaneously begins with theoretical development of HRM. HRM is set in firms and theoretically. Theoretical framework of SHRM is not set and firms do not implement SHRM yet. At the beginning between 1981-2000, strategy dimenaion dominated the SHRM literature. After 2000, HR scholars started to mention for performance dimension in SHRM research. Most researchers in SHRM tend to strategy dimension, while less are in favor of performance dimension. Uysal (2014, 2019, 2020) tends to peformance dimension in SHRM research. In addition, this study discusses human capital dimension as a next step in SHRM research.