JOURNAL OF ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
On Antecedents of Functional Elaboration of HRM in Small Firms
Author(s): James M. Wilkerson, Anson Seers, Sharon G. Johnson
Citation: James M. Wilkerson, Anson Seers, Sharon G. Johnson, (2020) "On Antecedents of Functional Elaboration of HRM in Small Firms," Journal of Organizational Psychology, Vol. 20, Iss. 1, pp. 23-36
Article Type: Research paper
Publisher: North American Business Press
Abstract:
This work further develops the foundation for a functional elaboration theory of human resource management (HRM) in small firms (Wilkerson & Seers, 2019) by detailing some antecedents of HRM’s qualitative and quantitative elaboration in the small firm. Whereas theoretical development in this area to date has focused on functional elaboration and associated fit or misfit of HRM to relevant contingencies, adequate explanation of antecedents has been lacking. We present propositions regarding several entrepreneurial and organizational predictors of, as well as relevant interactive effects on, HRM’s functional elaboration in small firms.