International Journal of Manpower: Volume 32 Issue 1

Human resource management and corporate entrepreneurship

Ángeles Montoro‐Sánchez, Domingo Ribeiro Soriano

The aim of this paper is to introduce the special issue on “Human resource management and corporate entrepreneurship”.

Human resource management in entrepreneurial firms: a literature review

Marina Dabić, Marta Ortiz‐De‐Urbina‐Criado, Ana M. Romero‐Martínez

This paper seeks to review the literature on human resource management (HRM) in entrepreneurial firms. Given the importance of human resource management for entrepreneurship, the…

Linking corporate entrepreneurship and human resource management in SMEs

Gary J. Castrogiovanni, David Urbano, Joaquín Loras

This article seeks to analyse the human resource management (HRM) practices adopted in small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) for promoting corporate entrepreneurship (CE) in…

Corporate entrepreneurship and human resource management: theoretical background and a case study

Sang M. Lee, Marta Peris‐Ortiz, Rafael Fernández‐Guerrero

This article aims to review varying concepts of entrepreneurship and different contributions to human resource practices, establishing a theoretical framework that allows for the…

Entrepreneurial success and human resources

Fernando Peris Bonet, Carlos Rueda Armengot, Miguel Ángel Galindo Martín

This paper aims to determine factors that have an influence on human resource management and entrepreneurial success in the context of European innovative small and medium‐sized…

Utilitarianism or romanticism: the effect of rewards on employees' innovative behaviour

Yu Zhou, Yingying Zhang, Ángeles Montoro‐Sánchez

The aim of this paper is to empirically explore the relationship between human resource rewards management and innovative behaviours, particularly between the utilitarianism and…

From top management to entrepreneurship: women's next move?

Helena Knörr

The purpose of this paper is to provide better understanding of women's career advancement to top management and their future aspirations to become entrepreneurs.

The role of entrepreneurs in transferring knowledge through human resource management and joint venture

María del Mar Benavides‐Espinosa, Salvador Roig‐Dobón

The transfer of knowledge is a source of competitive advantage, and in particular, transfer between organisations through cooperation between firms via a joint venture. This paper…

How entrepreneurial actions transform customer capital through time: Exploring and exploiting knowledge in an open‐mindedness context

Anthony K.P. Wensley, Juan Gabriel Cegarra‐Navarro, Gabriel Cepeda‐Carrión, Antonio Genaro Leal Millán

Today, in small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs), entrepreneurs must take a more strategic perspective that is evidenced by the need to scan the enterprise to discover how they…

A new company descriptor takes us into a new era

Rebecca Marsh