Table of Contents
SECTION FIVE............................................................ 548
The Performance Impact of Human Resource
Practices.................................................................. 549
INDIVIDUAL HIGH-PERFORMANCE PRACTICES........ 551
LIMITATIONS OF INDIVIDUAL PRACTICES.............. 607
EVOLUTION OF PRACTICES................................... 608
SYSTEMS OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE HUMAN
RESOURCE PRACTICES.......................................... 609
INDIVIDUAL BEST PRACTICES VS. SYSTEMS OF
PRACTICES........................................................... 614
UNIVERSAL PRACTICES VS. CONTINGENCY
PERSPECTIVES...................................................... 616
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE: THE CASE FOR UNIVERSAL
BEST PRACTICES................................................... 618
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE: THE CASE FOR THE
CONTINGENCY VIEW............................................. 622
SORTING THROUGH THE EVIDENCE....................... 627
SUMMARY............................................................. 631
NOTES.................................................................. 639
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