TY  - JOUR
U1  - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed)
A1  - Brandl, Julia
A1  - Keegan, Anne
A1  - Kozica, Arjan
T1  - When less is more: HRM implementation, legitimacy and decoupling
JF  - Human resource management journal : HRMJ
N2  - The implementation of human resource (HR) policies often proves troublesome due to the appearance, and stubborn persistence, of gaps in the process. Human resource management (HRM) scholars problematise these gaps and advocate tight implementation to reduce gaps and to ensure the desired impact of policies on organisational performance. Drawing on organisational institutionalism, we contend that gaps in implementing HR policies can actually be productive, as they secure organisational legitimacy, and thus enable organisations to operate viably within several institutional environments. We suggest that different approaches to implementation are needed, some of them premised on accepting sustained implementation gaps. We introduce minimum and moderate implementation approaches, rooted in the notion of decoupling, to complement approaches aimed at tight implementation. Our aim is to support the further development of research based on a richer interpretation of HRM implementation challenges and choices they present for HR managers.
KW  - decoupling
KW  - HR Professional
KW  - HRM implementation
KW  - institutional theory
KW  - legitimacy
KW  - line manager
KW  - strategic HRM
Y1  - 2022
UN  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:rt2-opus4-32782
SN  - 1748-8583
SS  - 1748-8583
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12388
DO  - https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12388
VL  - 32
IS  - 1
SP  - 247
EP  - 260
S1  - 14
PB  - Wiley
CY  - Hoboken, New Jersey
ER  -