TY - JOUR U1 - Wissenschaftlicher Artikel A1 - Kaiser, Stephan A1 - Kozica, Arjan A1 - Swart, Juani A1 - Werr, Andreas T1 - Human resource management in professional service firms : learning from a framework for research and practice JF - German Journal of Human Resource Management : Zeitschrift fur Personalforschung N2 - Success in human resource management (HRM) depends on the question of whether applied practices of HRM meet specific contingency factors and are appropriately configured. Using this argument, the present article examines HRM in professional service firms (PSFs) in pursuit of three objectives. First, we introduce a conceptual framework that illustrates how the constitutive characteristics of PSFs, as contingency factors, influence HRM practices and research. Second, based on this framework, we summarize key findings of research on HRM in PSFs and open up potential avenues for further research. Third, we reflect on the argument that HRM in PSFs can contribute to an understanding of HRM practices in other organizational settings, leading to the question of the mutual transferability of HRM practices. Aside from these three primary objectives, we also introduce the contents of the special issue. KW - professional service firms KW - human resource management KW - HRM practices KW - contingency theory KW - knowledge intensive organizations Y1 - 2015 SN - 0179-6437 SS - 0179-6437 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1177/239700221502900203 DO - https://doi.org/10.1177/239700221502900203 VL - 29 IS - 2 SP - 77 EP - 101 S1 - 25 PB - Sage Publishing CY - London ER -