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Publication date: 1 January 2009

Jan Hills and Caroline Rawes

The purpose of this paper is to present the 2007 Human Resource Competency Study (HRCS) from David Ulrich and his associates who gave a clear account of what HR should be doing…

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to present the 2007 Human Resource Competency Study (HRCS) from David Ulrich and his associates who gave a clear account of what HR should be doing and the skills needed for high‐achieving HR people to perform even better (www.rbl.net). However, what no study has yet covered are the actual processes needed to make this happen. The first author outlines how her research has found that many HR business partners (HRBPs) are still not spending a large percentage of their time fulfilling the role as set out by Ulrich. She highlights the factors that are holding HRBPs back from being truly strategic, offers solutions to overcoming these hurdles and provides advice on how HR can play such a strategic role. The second author outlines the transition that HR advisers at Linklaters have gone through by working with the first author and Orion, including the development and exercises used and how they helped the team to provide greater value and to contribute at a more strategic level to the business.

Design/methodology/approach

The study draws on ongoing research conducted by the first author, including surveys and interviews with HR people, and the experience of the Linklaters HR team.

Findings

One of the key drivers to making HR more strategic is confidence, both in its ability to be strategic and in the desire of the business that it supports for it to be so. If HR understands the barriers that stop strategic action, it can move forward – those barriers can often be broken down if they are recognized.

Originality/value

The paper presents a number of well‐defined techniques and practices that can be incorporated into training and support for HR people to help them develop the skills needed to perform better.

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Strategic HR Review, vol. 8 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1475-4398

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Publication date: 1 January 2009

Sara Nolan

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Strategic HR Review, vol. 8 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1475-4398

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Publication date: 16 September 2011

Caroline Logan

Literature and legend features many dangerous female characters. However, in fiction (and in film), it is the male psychopath who dominates. In the scientific literature, research…

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Purpose

Literature and legend features many dangerous female characters. However, in fiction (and in film), it is the male psychopath who dominates. In the scientific literature, research into psychopathy in men also dominates. Studies of the nature and treatment of this severe personality disorder in women are sparse and little is known or agreed about its presentation in this group. Consequently, psychopathy is not routinely assessed in women and the harmful potential of some can be overlooked leading to failures in the management of risk, especially towards partners and children. The purpose of this paper is to explore how psychopathic women manifest the traits of their disorder compared to men.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper focuses on the representation of women in fiction who appear to demonstrate psychopathic traits. Several relevant works of fiction will be identified but three texts are described in detail and their female characters and storylines explored.

Findings

Gender differences and practice implications are highlighted. Specifically, the paper explores the nuanced ways in which women execute their harmful conduct on others and their most likely relationships with the victims of their aggression; comparisons with men are drawn throughout. Further, comparisons are drawn between the psychopathic female characters created by men and women writers.

Practical implications

The study of psychopathic women in fiction is an invaluable adjunct to empirical research as a way of understanding the phenomenology of psychopathy in this group.

Originality/value

This paper is the first to examine the representation of psychopathic women in fiction and to propose the value of fiction in the study of this particular group of clients.

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Mental Health Review Journal, vol. 16 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1361-9322

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