دانلود رایگان مقاله انگلیسی ارزیابی جمعی از مدیریت منابع انسانی: متاآنالیز و چشم انداز توسعه تئوری - الزویر 2017

abstract

The other articles in this special issue of Human Resource Management Review present metaanalyses of specific topic areas, or articles on methodological issues associated with metaanalyses, within the human resources management field. Ours is a bit different in that we do not present actual meta-analytic results, but instead conduct a thorough review of the field in order to identify areas where meta-analyses have not been conducted. Then, we discuss why such analyses have not been provided, suggestions for how we might like to see research proceed in such areas, and also implications for theory development in these areas of the field. We conclude our paper with some additional thoughts on issues to keep in mind as we seek to utilize meta-analysis to its fullest potential, and thus yield the best results possible.

8. Conclusion

Meta-analytic results have shed important light on the nature of relationships in the HRM field, as we have seen in the articles in this special issue, and the research literature beyond. However, we felt that there might be areas of the field where metaanalysis had been under used for various reasons, and we sought to identify those areas and try to provide reasons for the lack of application. Furthermore, we tried to assess what the impact on these meta-analytic-deficient areas has been with respect to the status of theory, and we provided some directions for future research. Finally, we left the reader with some ideas for the effective application of meta-analysis in the future.