Author, as appears in the article.: Cascón-Pereira, Rosalía Valverde, Mireia

Department: Gestió d'Empreses

URV's Author/s: Cascón Pereira, Rosalia Montserrat / Valverde Aparicio, Mireia

Keywords: Middle managers Hrm function Dimensions Devolution Case study

Abstract: The phenomenon of devolution, or transfer of human resource management (HRM) responsibilities to middle managers (MM) has mainly been studied and measured as a homogeneous and unidimensional phenomenon. However, the variations found in the literature suggest that this key HR concept may be of a heterogeneous and multidimensional nature. This inductive study explores whether devolution may be broken down into different dimensions, beyond the simple addition of transferred areas (selection, training, etc.). To do so, case studies are carried out in the hospital sector. The results identify the existence of four dimensions of HRM devolution to MM: task execution, decision making power, financial power and knowledge transfer. A number of propositions around these dimensions are presented. The recognition of the multidimensional nature of the concept and the different degrees of transfer, around which a set of propositions is presented, is intended to act as the basis for subsequently carrying out explanatory, predictive studies.

Thematic Areas: Strategy and management Management General business,management and accounting Economics and econometrics Economia Ciencias sociales Business, management and accounting (miscellaneous) Business, management and accounting (all) Business and international management Business

licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

ISSN: 23409444

Author's mail: mireia.valverde@urv.cat rosalia.cascon@urv.cat

Author identifier: 0000-0002-0174-3207 0000-0002-1989-0889

Record's date: 2023-02-18

Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Link to the original source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S234094361400022X

Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Papper original source: Brq-Business Research Quarterly. 17 (3): 149-160

APA: Cascón-Pereira, Rosalía Valverde, Mireia (2014). HRM devolution to middle managers: Dimension Identification. Brq-Business Research Quarterly, 17(3), 149-160. DOI: 10.1016/j.brq.2013.05.001

Article's DOI: 10.1016/j.brq.2013.05.001

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2014

Publication Type: Journal Publications