Contemporary analysis of the model employer: is there a new ideal?

S. Gibb

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Abstract

A singular ideal of the model employer can be seen to have shaped Human Resource Management (HRM), in the Anglo-American social and organisational contexts, in the past. In a period of change, and new conditions, redefinitions of what makes a model employer are prompting contemporary studies. Whether these identify a new ideal or not is the issue. On the one hand, these do have elements of a common agenda of concerns, suggesting a new ideal for employers to attain. But they also have differences, with competing or contradictory emphases in defining what a model employer is, and what HRM involves. A review of the factors associated with being a ''model employer'' is presented. This suggests tensions between a socially oriented and an organisationally oriented understanding of change in HRM. The theoretical framework of Social Construction is suggested as a way of understanding and engaging with these tensions as new models of good employers are evolved.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)288-296
Number of pages8
JournalInternational Journal of Human Resource Management
Volume4
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2004

Keywords

  • human resource management
  • social construction
  • work
  • employment

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