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Line management responsibility for HRM: what is happening in Europe?
Henrik Holt Larsen, Chris BrewsterThe notion of line management accepting greater responsibility for human resource management (HRM) within employing organisations is now received wisdom. This paper presents data…
Devolving HR responsibility to the line: Threat, opportunity or partnership?
Susan Whittaker, Mick MarchingtonInvestigates the devolution of human resources (HR) responsibilities to the line within a large food manufacturing company. A total of 13 senior/board level line managers took…
Line manager involvement in HRM: an inside view
Douglas RenwickAlthough line managers have always been involved in managing human resources (HR), it is within human resource management (HRM) that their involvement has been placed centre‐stage…
Line manager involvement in learning and development: Small beer or big deal?
Stephen GibbIncreasing line manager involvement in learning and development (L&D) at work is one important part of the broader changing relations between line managers and human resource…
Line managers: facilitators of knowledge sharing in teams
Christina M. MacNeilAs human resource management (HRM) and knowledge management are still new areas of research, if we assume the co‐existence of strategic integration, and devolution of HRM…
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