resources can be a source of competitive advantage
(Barney, 1991; Hitt et al., 2001) and a large number of studies examined the effects of
the management of human resources on organizational performance. Some of the initial
resuits in this line of research have been viewed as promising (see reviews by Becker
and Gerhart, i996; Guest, 1997; Becker and Huselid, i998). However, other reviewers
have been considerabiy more critical of the extant work (VVood, 1999; Boxall and
Purcell, 2000; Wright and Gardner…
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