Speaker: Professor Karin Sanders (University of New South Wales)
Hosted by: University of Liverpool Management School's Work, Organisation and Management Group
Open to: WOM Group staff and students, with no sign up needed
Date: Wednesday 1 May 2024
Time: 1:30-3pm
In person: Rendall Building - Seminar Room 1
Abstract
Human resource management (HRM) system strength is the phenomena of the process mechanism through which the HR system is delivered to send signals to employees and is distinct from the content of HR practices.
In this seminar, prof Karin Sanders will explain the background and history of the HRM system strength concept and share some results from recent research in which cultural values and norms are examined.
More in detail, Karin will present results of a meta-analysis focusing on the influence of cultural values (power distance, in-group collectivism and performance orientation) and the cultural norm of tightness – looseness on the relationship between HRM system strength and employee outcomes.
The results show that cultural values and cultural norm jointly influence this relationship.
In addition, Karin will present results from a research on manager’s sharing information with their employees in times of crisis, like the COVID-19 pandemic.
The results show that the interaction of manager’s motivation (the severity of the crisis and the reputation of the organization) and their general beliefs (power distance and uncertainty avoidance) can explain the employment of HRM system strength.
Theoretical and practical implications of these two studies will be discussed.
Speaker
Karin Sanders is Professor of HRM and Organisational Psychology at the School of Management & Governance, and Senior Deputy Dean Research & Enterprise, UNSW Business School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Her research focuses on the HRM process approach and, in particular, the antecedents and impact of employees’ perceptions, understanding and attribution of HR practices.
She has published on these and other topics in journals like Human Resource Management (Wiley), Human Resource Management Journal, Organization Science, Organization Studies, Journal of Organisational Behaviour, Journal of Vocational Behaviour, and Academy of Management Learning and Education.
Karin is currently an Associate Editor of Human Resource Management Review; before she was an Associate Editor for Human Resource Management (Wiley), Frontiers in Business Research in China, and Senior Editor for the Special Issue Journal of HRM.
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