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: rosalia.cascon@urv.cat mireia.valverde@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0002-1989-0889 0000-0002-0174-3207
Record's date: 2024-09-07
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S234094361400022X
Licence document URL: https://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
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