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This chapter delimits and discusses design considerations within the field of Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM). The relationship between human resource management (HRM) systems and strategy types is investigated and predictions are made about a simultaneous horizontal and vertical fit. In a conceptual model for SHRM the key argument is that the fit between business strategy and HRM strategy is determined by task characteristics of the strategy type and internally consistent HRM practices, i.e. a matching hypothesis.
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Andersen, T., Eriksen, B., Lemmergaard, J., Povlsen, L. (2006). The Many Faces of Fit. In: Burton, R.M., Håkonsson, D.D., Eriksen, B., Snow, C.C. (eds) Organization Design. Information and Organization Design Series, vol 6. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-34173-0_5
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