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Subcultures and employment modes: translating HR strategy into practice

Jennifer Palthe (Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA)
Ellen Ernst Kossek (Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA)

Journal of Organizational Change Management

ISSN: 0953-4814

Article publication date: 1 June 2003

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Abstract

Past research suggests that most culture change efforts proceed with limited attention to the pluralistic nature of contemporary organizations. We argue that the relationship between organization subcultures and the implementation of new HR strategies into HR practice has not been adequately explored because of the lack of a comprehensive framework for defining and integrating culture change and the strategic HR literature. We review the organization culture and strategic HR literature and present a heuristic that serves as a step toward exemplifying the role of changing employment modes and organizational subcultures in enabling or constraining the implementation of HR strategy.

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Palthe, J. and Ernst Kossek, E. (2003), "Subcultures and employment modes: translating HR strategy into practice", Journal of Organizational Change Management, Vol. 16 No. 3, pp. 287-308. https://doi.org/10.1108/09534810310475532

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