Title: Subcultures and employment modes: translating HR strategy into practice
Author(s): Jennifer Palthe, Ellen Ernst Kossek
Journal: Journal of Organizational Change Management
ISSN: 0953-4814
Year: Jun 2003 Volume: 16 Issue: 3 Page: 287 - 308
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Abstract: Past research suggests that most culture change efforts proceed with limited attention to the pluralistic nature of contemporary organizations. We argue that the relationship between organization subcultures and the implementation of new HR strategies into HR practice has not been adequately explored because of the lack of a comprehensive framework for defining and integrating culture change and the strategic HR literature. We review the organization culture and strategic HR literature and present a heuristic that serves as a step toward exemplifying the role of changing employment modes and organizational subcultures in enabling or constraining the implementation of HR strategy.
