Designing and Implementing HR Management Systems in Family Businesses

Luca Gnan

ISBN 10: 1799848140 / ISBN 13: 9781799848141

Published by Business Science Reference, 2021

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Human resource management (HRM) systems are an under-researched area in family business studies even though they arguably play an important role. To exploit their entrepreneurial orientation and achieve their goals, family firms must be willing to adopt a specific configuration of the organizational variables to succeed in the competitive environment of today. Designing and Implementing HR Management Systems in Family Businesses is a pivotal reference source that focuses on HRM in family businesses aiming at clarifying what HRM topics are relevant in family firms given their distinctive features, what the role of HR choices in family firms is, and how they differ in these organizations. While highlighting topics such as quality of work, generational workforce, and leadership management, this publication explores the relationship between HRM systems and the organization as well as why certain theories would be more dominant for family firms. This book is ideally designed for family businesses, managers, executives, entrepreneurs, business professionals, academicians, students, and researchers.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Designing and Implementing HR Management Systems in Family Businesses
• Publisher: Business Science Reference
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1799848140
• ISBN 13: 9781799848141
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 286W x 221H x 26D millimeters 286 millimeters width by 221 millimeters height by 26 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1282 grams

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Synopsis

Human resource management (HRM) systems are an under-researched area in family business studies even though they arguably play an important role. To exploit their entrepreneurial orientation and achieve their goals, family firms must be willing to adopt a specific configuration of the organizational variables to succeed in the competitive environment of today. Designing and Implementing HR Management Systems in Family Businesses is a pivotal reference source that focuses on HRM in family businesses aiming at clarifying what HRM topics are relevant in family firms given their distinctive features, what the role of HR choices in family firms is, and how they differ in these organizations. While highlighting topics such as quality of work, generational workforce, and leadership management, this publication explores the relationship between HRM systems and the organization as well as why certain theories would be more dominant for family firms. This book is ideally designed for family businesses, managers, executives, entrepreneurs, business professionals, academicians, students, and researchers.

About the Author

Luca Gnan is a Full Professor of Organizational Behavior at Tor Vergata University, where also he is the Director of the Bachelor in Business Administration and Economics. He is the past-president of the European Academy of Management (EURAM). He is a Member of the Central Evaluation Committee of the Tor Vergata University and Board member of the Tor Vergata World University. Luca Gnan is Editor in chief of the International Journal of transition and Innovation, and he has been and is guest editor of multiple journals. He has published on topics related to family business governance, corporate and public management. He investigated family firms’ corporate governance issues, with a special interest on the board of directors, governance structures, and mechanisms. Recently, he started to investigate family firms’ HR/Organizational issues, with a particular interest in HRM Practices. Other research interests are fostering the entrepreneurial orientation in organizations, the strategy formulation processes, and the role of models in decisional processes.