HRM and Knowledge-Related Performance: The Nature, the Outcomes and the Linkages

Mini-conference hosted by SMG

Thursday, September 21, 2006 - 09:00 to Friday, September 22, 2006 - 18:00

On September 21-22, the Center for Strategic Management and Globalization hosted the mini-conference on “HRM and Knowledge-Related Performance: The Nature, the Outcomes and the Linkages”.

Program:

Day I

09.00

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9.30

Registration and coffee

09.30

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11.15

Prelude:

Welcome by Dana Minbaeva

Knowledge Governance: Some Introductory Thoughts. Nicolai Foss, CBS

HRM and Knowledge. Scott Snell, Cornell University

11.15

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11.30

Break

11.30

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13.00

Paper session 1:

HRM and Organizational Performance: A Comparison of Foreign and Locally-Owned Firms. By James P. Guthrie, Patrick Flood, Wenchuan Liu and Sarah MacCurtain

The Impact of HRM Practices on Knowledge Transfer within Taiwanese MNC Subsidiaries. By Soo Hee Lee, Christopher Williams and Pauline Yin

Strategic Human Ressource Practices and Product Innovation. By Sjoerd Beugelsdijk

Interpersonal Relationships as Conduits of Interunit Interaction within Multinationals: How Well Do Different Types of Relationships Work? By Kristiina Makela and Chris Brewster

13.00

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14.00

Lunch

14.00

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15.30

Paper session 2:

Knowledge Sticking Capabilities within the Global HR Function. Shad S. Morris and Scott A. Snell

Coordinating Patient Care: A Social Capital Model of High Performance Work Systems. By Jody Hoffer Gittel and Rob Seidner

Initiating Social Capital for Knowledge Transfer in the Multinational Corporations. By Paul Gooderham, Dana Minbaeva and Torben Pedersen

The Effect of Interorganizational Personnel Flow on Firm Performance: An Examination of Lawyers' Movement. By Natalia Lorinkova, Deepak Somaya and Ian O. Williamson

15.30

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15.45

Break

15.45

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17.15

Paper Session 3:

Expectancy Model and Fundamental Motives: Towards a Preliminary Framework of Knowledge Contribution Motivation. By Awie H.W. Foong, Kah-Hin Chai and Chee-Meng Yap

Human Resources Development Practices as a Key Tool to Attract, Motivate and Retain Knowledge Workers. By Tatiana E. Andreeva and Evgeniy E. Yurtaikin

The Link between HR Practices and Strategic Renewal in Creative Organizations: Organizational Learning and Knowledge-Related Performance. By Nicholas Kinnie and Juani Swart

Linking Innovation and Strategic Renewal: Understanding the Roles of Social Architecture for Knowledge-Related Performance. By Marc Thompson, Rafael Ramirez, Peter Lednor and Eric Allen

Day II

09.30

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11.00

Paper session 4:

Human Ressource Management, Dynamic Capability and the Micro-Foundations of Value Creating Collaboration. By Zella King

Relationship between Strategic Human Resource Management and Competitive Advantage in the Hotel Industry - A Case Study of the Budget Hotel Sector. By Tze-Jen Pan, Dennis Nickson and Tom Baum

Knowledge-Related Performance in Service Provision: the HR Implications. By Jawwad Zia Raja, Stuart Green and Roine Leiringer

HR to the ER, Stat! HR Practices, Voice, and Patient Safety in Hospital Nursing Units. By Timothy Vogus

11.00

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11.15

Break

11.15

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12.45

Paper session 5:

An Examination of the Liaison Role of the Host Country National First-Line Manager in Facilitating Effective Host Operation Knowledge Transfer. By Charles M. Vance and Vlad Vaiman

Determinants of the Success of International Assigness as Knowledge Transferos: A Theoretical Framework. By Jamie Bonache and Celia Zárraga-Oberty

The Performativity of HRM Practices - A Matter of Role and Decision-Making. By Ulrik S. Brix

Performance through Continuous Innovation - Corporate Entrepreneurship as an HR Practice in Knowledge INtensive Companies. By Torben Andersen and Peter Skat-Rordam

12.45

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14.00

Lunch

14.00

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15.30

Paper Session 6:

HRM transfer mechanism in MNCs: European subsidiaries in China. By Adam Smale, Ingmar Björkman, Jennie Sumelius and Vesa Suutari

The Linkage of HRM and Knowledge-Related Performance in China's Technology-Intensive Industries. By Irene Hau-siu Chow

The Impact of Human Resource Management Practices on the Performance of European Firms. By Paul Gooderham, Kirsten Ringdal and Emma Parry

Knowledge Management and Human Resource Management in Organizations: A Comparative View. By Janez Stebe and Dana Mesner Andolsek

15.30

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15.45

Break

15.45

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17.00

Finale: Where are we now and where are we going? David Guest, King's College London. Facilitator: Dana Minbaeva, CBS

17.00

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18.00

Wine reception

Follow up:

Heartfelt thanks for an excellently organized conference and for all of the professionalism showed to delegates by you and your team. I came away very impressed with CBS and your centre. Patrick Flood, University of Limerick, Ireland

Thank you very much for arranging a superb conference. Juani Swart and Nick Kinnie, University of Bath, the UK

Thanks again for having organized a really nice workshop. I'm still dreaming

about the dinner! Ingmar Bjorkman, Swedish School of Economics, Finland

Thanks for a great conference and thanks for inviting me. I apologize again for arriving late and missing the first day, but given the conversations and the people I was able to meet, it was well worth it. Look forward to following up... Jody Hoffer Gittell, Brandeis University, USA

My thanks to you for such a good conference! Paul Gooderham, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration,Norway

Thanks for the good workshop. The quality was good and moreover I had a great time with some colleagues that I never saw before. Sjoerd Beugelsdijk, NijmegenSchool of Management, the Netherlands

Thank you especially for the wonderful evening in the restaurant. The "HRM and knowledge-related performance” conference was so intriguing and very helpful for my research. Takao Yamamoto, ChibaUniversity of Commerce, Japan

Till we meet again …

  • Panel on HRM and Knowledge at the
    International Human Resource Management Conference, Tallinn, June 2007

  • Symposium at the
    Academy
    of Management, Philadelphia, August 2007

  • Human Resource Management’s Special Issue on HRM and Knowledge Processes

  • … and hopefully here in Copenhagen in 2008!

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