Bridging human resource management theory and practice: Implications for industry‐engaged academic research

• Published in: Human resource management journal Vol. 33; no. 3; pp. 592 - 605
• Main Authors: Timming, Andrew R., Macneil, Johanna
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.07.2023
• Subjects: employee voice; evidence‐based HRM; frames of reference; Human resource management; impact; industry engagement; pluralism; professional associations; Professional practice

The link between academic theory and the professional practice of human resource management (HRM) is often tenuous and disjointed. The “gap” between theory and practice is damaging to academics and practitioners. On the one hand, academic research is often highly theoretical and methodologically com...