Human Resource Strategies for the High Growth Entrepreneurial Firm

Robert L. Heneman, Judith Tansky

• Publisher: Information Age Publishing
• Year: 2006
• Print ISBN:
  9781930608146
  9781930608153
• eBook ISBN:
  9781607527404
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Human Resource Management
• Index: Business

This volume not only illustrates the research that is being done in the area of human resources in entrepreneurial firms but it raises many issues that exemplify the complexity of the topic. It is not a case of small versus large firms. There are small established firms, small start-up firms and small high growth firms. As pointed out by Alvarez and Molloy these firms differ with established firms dealing with risk while high growth firms deal with uncertainty. These firms vary in ownership based on family ownership, ownership by founder, or some type of privately held stock ownership. These firms also vary based on how they handle people issues: structure versus lack of structure; the traditional HR functional approach versus the use of people management practices; person-job fit versus person- organization fit; ability and work experience versus integrity and conscientiousness; work processes and bureaucracy versus agility and adaptability; tasks versus roles; in-house professionals versus reliance on third-party vendors; traditional pay versus variable pay; short-term orientation of incentives versus long-term orientation of incentives; and many more.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Human Resource Strategies for the High Growth Entrepreneurial Firm
• Series
• Human Resource Strategies for the High Growth Entrepreneurial Firm
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Acknowledgment
• HR in High Growth Entrepreneurial Firms
• 1. Why Human Resource Management Differs in Entrepreneurial and Established Firms: Theoretical Foundations
• 2. Toward an Understanding of Strategic Human Resource Management in Entrepreneurial Firms: Opportunities for Research and Action
• 3. Human Capital Management Practices and Performance in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises: A Conceptual Framework
• 4. To Hire or Not to Hire? Implications of Alternative Staffing Models for Emerging Organizations
• 5. The Hiring Challenge: Recruitment in Small Firms
• 6. Performance Management in Small and Hig Growth Companies
• 7. Compensation Strategy in New Ventures
• 8. HR and the High-Growth SME: The Role of Professional Employer Organizations
• 9. Minority and Majority Truck Owner-Operators: Entrepreneur or Galvanized Employees
• 10. Human Resource Management in Small Firms: Evidence from Growing Small Firms in Australia
• 11. Entrepreneurship and Human Resources: Directions for Future Research
• About the Authors