The elusiveness of strategic HR partnering: Using paradox theory to understand tensions surrounding the HR business partnering role-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

The elusiveness of strategic HR partnering: Using paradox theory to understand tensions surrounding the HR business partnering role

Published:2023-11-17 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:0954-5395
Container-title:Human Resource Management Journal
language:en
Short-container-title:Human Res Mgmt Journal

Author:

Bennett Hadyn¹,McCracken Martin²^ORCID,O’Kane Paula³^ORCID,Brown Travor⁴

Affiliation:

1. Ulster University Business School Belfast UK

2. Ulster University Business School Ulster University Newtownabbey UK

3. University of Otago Dunedin New Zealand

4. Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John's Newfoundland Canada

Abstract

AbstractHuman resource business partnering is an established mechanism for the advancement of strategic HR. While much research has reported on relationships between partners (HRBPs) and line managers, relationships between partners and other aspects of the HR function are less well understood, as is the interplay between HRBP‐LMP and HRBP‐HR relationships. Through the use of paradox theory and case study methodology centred on a large public sector health care authority, we found these two sets of relationships to be operating paradoxically within an operational frame of reference, thereby constraining the establishment of strategic partnering.

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Link

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1748-8583.12538

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