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Human Resource Management in SMEs: Action Referential Definition

Human Resource Management in SMEs: Action Referential Definition

Pedro Melo, Carolina Machado
Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 24
ISBN13: 9781466629523|ISBN10: 1466629525|EISBN13: 9781466629530
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2952-3.ch004
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Melo, Pedro, and Carolina Machado. "Human Resource Management in SMEs: Action Referential Definition." Enterprise Development in SMEs and Entrepreneurial Firms: Dynamic Processes, edited by Nelson Oly Ndubisi and Sonny Nwankwo, IGI Global, 2013, pp. 64-87. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2952-3.ch004

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Melo, P. & Machado, C. (2013). Human Resource Management in SMEs: Action Referential Definition. In N. Ndubisi & S. Nwankwo (Eds.), Enterprise Development in SMEs and Entrepreneurial Firms: Dynamic Processes (pp. 64-87). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2952-3.ch004

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Melo, Pedro, and Carolina Machado. "Human Resource Management in SMEs: Action Referential Definition." In Enterprise Development in SMEs and Entrepreneurial Firms: Dynamic Processes, edited by Nelson Oly Ndubisi and Sonny Nwankwo, 64-87. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2952-3.ch004

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Abstract

Although small and medium size companies perform a relevant role in world economies, the authors conclude that research in this field focuses more attention on bigger organizations in seeking to understand what happens about the HRM function. However, and looking to the special characteristics of SMEs, it becomes critical to carry out a study, focused particularly on its characteristics, which allow for drawing a conceptual framework capable of helping managers of this kind of organizations to implement HRM practices consistently and adjusted to organizational objectives. The purpose of this research is to develop a conceptual framework which allows a better understanding of the main HRM research lines in SMEs and the underlying importance to HRM professionals.

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