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Human resource management and performance - Wood 1999

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The term high-involvement management is equivalent to the less limited interpretation of high-commitment management. However to what is the attention drawn regarding high involvement management? (Wood, 1999)

Attention is drawn to the importance of enlarging the skils and knowledge of al employees, as well as to psychological processes other than intrinsic motivation such as goal setting, and even suggesting a role which in certain circumstances for money motivation

What is the organisations strategy? (Wood, 1999)

Management's posture towards the environment

What are high-involvement systems? (Wood, 1999)

A synergistic set of personnel practices and the importance of internal fit of performance

What are the conclusions and findings of Wood, 1999? (3 Points mentioned)

Beneath the top layer of universalism vs. contingency are a number of more complicated hypotheses linking HR practices to performance
There has been no systematic examination of the link between different performance measures and particularly between HR outcomes and performance
There has been an increasing neglect of the psychological processes that mediate or moderate the link between HR practices and performance

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