(Doctoral students, 9/2008)
Instructor: Carol Yeh-Yun Lin Office:261004 (Ext. 62200)
Class hours: Tuesdays 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Office hour: by appointment
Textbook: Various readings provided by both the students and teacher.
Class format: Discussing, commenting, questioning, and debating
Grading: 1.Class performance 50%
2.Publishable paper 50%
Requirements: 1.Please prepare the assigned material every week before class.
2.Please search for relevant English and/or Chinese literature
before class.
3.Please exercise your critical thinking when preparing the materials.
4.Please comment the strength/weakness of each paper and prepare at
least three critical questions for each paper.
5.Each student should write a publishable paper as a term project.
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(Course Schedule, 9/2008)
Date Topic Remarks
9/23/2008 Introduction & overview three conceptual papers
9/30 Theory linkage & SHRM
10/7 “
10/14
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10/21 out of country
10/28
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11/4
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11/11
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11/18
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11/25
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12/2
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12/9 International HRM
12/16
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12/23
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12/30 Functional HRM

Strategic Human Resource Management Seminar 策略人力資源研討 2008F (9/29/08 revised)
1/6/2009
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1/13 Innovative HRM Draft of publishable
Course conclusion (Term paper) due

9/23 Leung, K. (2007) The Glory and tyranny of citation impact: An East
Asian perspective, the Academy of Management Journal, 50(3),
510-513.
Hambrick, D. C. (2007) Upper Echelons Theory: An update, The academy of Management Review, 32(2), 334-343.
Editor’s comments: The top ten reasons why your paper might not be sent out for review, The academy of Management Review,
32(3), 700-702.
9/30 Ruona, W. A., Gibson, S.K (2004). "The making of twenty-first-century HR: an analysis of the convergence of HRM,
HRD, and OD." Human Resource Management 43 (1): 49-66.
10/7
10/14
Schuler, R. S., Jackson,S.E (1987). "Linking Competitive Strategies with Human Resource Management Practice." The academy of
Management Executive(AME) 1 (3): 207-219.
Hitt, M. A., Bierman, L., Shimizu, K., & Kochhar, R. (2001).
"Direct and moderating effects of human capital on strategy and performance in professional service firms: A resource-based perspective." Academy of Management Journal 44 (1): 13-28.
Wright, P. M., McMahan,G.C (1992). "Theoretical Perspectives for
Strategic Human Resource Management” Journal of Management
18 (2): 295-320.
Wright, P. M., Snell, S.A. (1998). "Toward a Unifying Framework for Exploring Fit and Flexibility in Strategic Human Resource
Management." Academy of management review(AMR) 23(4):
756-772.
Wright, p. C., Gardner, T.M., Moynihan, L.M., & Allen, M.R.
(2005). "The Relationship Between HR Practices and Firm
Performance: Examining Causal Order." Personnel Psychology
58 (2): 409-446.
Clarkson, M.B.E. (1995) A stakeholder framework for analyzing and evaluating corporate social performance, The academy of
Management Review, 20(1), 92-117.
Matten, D. & Moon, J. (2008) Implicit and explict CSR: A conceptual framework for a comparative understanding of CSR,
Academy of management review, 33(2): 404-424.
Jamali, D. (2008) A stakeholder approach to CSR: A fresh perspective into theory and practice, Journal of Business Ethics ,
Conceptual
Conceptual
Conceptual
Quantity
Conceptual
Conceptual
Quantity

10/28
11/4
11/11
11/18
82, 213-231.
Baird, L., Meshoulam I (1988). "Managing two fits of strategic human resource management” Academy of management review
(AMR) 13 (1): 116-128.
Delery, J. E. (1998). "Issues of fit in strategic human resource management: implications for research." Human Resource
Management Review 8 (3): 289-309.
Doty, D. H., Glick, W. H., & Huber, G. P. (1993). "Fit, Equifinality, and Organizational Effectiveness: a test of two configurational theories." Academy of Management Journal 36 (6): 1196-1250.
Bhattacharya, M., Gilbson, D. E., & Doty, D. H. (2005). " The effects of flexibility in employee skills, employee behaviors, and human resource practices on firm performance." Journal of
Management 31 (4): 622-641.
Huselid, M. A., Jackson, S. E., & Schuler, R.S.. (1997). "Technical and strategy human resource management effectiveness as determinants of firm performance." Academy of Management
Journal 40 (1): 171-188.
Lepak, D. P., Snell, S. A. (1999). "The human resource architecture toward a theory of human capital allocation and development."
Academy of Management Journal 24 (1): 31-48.
Barker, J. R. (1993). "Tightening the iron cage: Conceptive control in self-managing teams." Administrative Science Quarterly 38 (2):
408-437.
Lado, A. A., Wilson, M.C. (1994). "Human resource system and sustained competitive advantage: a competency-based perspective."
Academy of Management Journal 19 (4): 699-727.
Snell, S. A. (1992). "Control theory in strategic human resource management: the mediating effect of administrative information."
Academy of Management Journal 35 (2): 292-327.
Eisenhardt, K.M. & Graebner, M.E. (2007) Theory building from cases: Opportunities and Challenges, The academy of
Management Journal, 50(1),
Barnett, M.L. (2007) Stakeholder influence capacity and the variability of financial returns to corporate social responsibility, The academy of Management Review, 32(3), 794-816.
Sirmon, D.G., Hitt, M.A. & Ireland, R. D. (2007) Managing firm resources in dynamic environments to create value: Looking inside
Conceptual
Conceptual
Quantity
Quantity
Quantity
Conceptual
Conceptual
Conceptual
Quantity

11/25
12/2 the black box, The academy of Management Review, 32(1),
273-292.
Siggelkow, N. & Rivkin, J. (2006) When exploration backfires:
Unintended consequences of multilevel organizational search,
Academy of Management Journal 49 (4): 779-795.
Dutton, J. E., Dukerich, J.M. & Harquail, C.V. (1994).
"Organizational images and member identification." Administrative
Science Quarterly 39 (2): 239-263.
Collins, C. F., Clark, K.D. (2003). "Strategic human resources practices, top management team social networks, and firm performance: the role of human resources practices in cresting organizational competitive advantages." Academy of Management
Journal 46 (6): 740-751.
Sun, L., Aryee, S. & Law, K.S. (2007) High-performance human resource practices, citizenship behavior, and organizational performance: A relational perspective, Academy of Management
Journal, 50(3 ): 558-577.
Geyskens, I. & Steenkamp, J. Kumar, N. (2006) Make, buy, or ally:
A transaction cost theory meta-analysis, The academy of
Management Journal, 49(3), 519-543.
Anderson, U. F., M. (2000). "In search of centre of excellence:
Network embedness and subsidiary roles in multinational corporations." Management International Review 40 (4): 329-350.
12/9 Neelankavil, J. P., Mathur, A., & Zang, Y. (2000). "Determinants of managerial performance: a cross-cultural comparison of the perceptions of middle-level managers in four countries." Journal of
International Business Studies 31 (1): 121-140.
Bouquet, C. & Birkinshaw, J. (2008) Weight versus voice: How foreign subsidiaries gain attention from corporate headquarters,
Academy of Management Journal , 51 (3): 577-601.
Adler, N. J., Bartholomew, S. (1992). "Managing globally
Conceptual
Conceptual
Quantity
Quantity
Quantity
Conceptual competent people." The Executive 6 (3): 52-65.
12/16 Toh, S. M., Denisi, A.S. (2003). "Host country national reactions to expartiate pay policies: a model and implication." Academy of management review (AMR) 28 (4): 606-621.
Conceptual
Shaffer, M. A., Harrison, D.A., Gilley, K.M. (1999). "Dimensions, Quantity

12/23
Departments, and Differences in the Expatriate Adjustment
Process." Journal of International Buesiness Studies 30 (3): 557-581
Caligiuri, P. M., Hyland, M.M., Bross, A. (1998). "Testing a theoretical model for examining the relationship between family adjustment and expatriates' work adjustment." Journal of Applied
Psychology 83 (4): 598-614.
Bhaskar-Shrinivas, P., Harrison, D. A., Shaffer, M. A., & Luk, D.
M. (2005). "Input-based and time-based models of international adjustment: Meta-analytical evidence and theoretical extensions.”
Academy of Management Journal 48 (2): 257-281.
Bae, J., Lawler, J.J. (2000). "Organizational and human resources in
Korea: impact on firm performance in an emerging economy."
Academy of Management Journal 43 (3): 502-517.
Carpenter, M. A., Sanders, W., Gerard, & Gergersen, H. B. (2001).
"Building human capital with organizational context: The impact of international assignment experience on multinational firm
Wasserman, N. (2006). "Stewards, agent, and the founder discount: executive compensation in new ventures." Academy of Management
Journal 49 (5): 960-976.
Datta, D. K., Guthrie, J. P., & Wright, P. M. (2005). "Human resource management and labor productivity: Does industry matter?" Academy of Management Journal 48 (1): 135-145.
1/6/2009 Gomez-Mejia, L. R. B., D. B. (1992). "Determinants of faculty pay:
An agency theory perspective." Academy of Management Journal
35 (3): 921-955.
Lee, J. M., D. (1999). "People matter: Commitment to employees, strategy and performance in Korean firms." Strategic Management
Journal 20 : 579-593.
Chatman, J. A. (1991). "Matching people and organizations:
Selection and socialization in public accounting firms."
Administrative Science Quarterly 36 (3): 459-484
Quantity
Quantity
Quantity
Quantity performance and CEO pay." Academy of Management Journal 44 (3)
12/30 Zellmer-Bruhn, M., Gibbson, C. (2006). "Multinational organization content: implications for team sharing and performance." Academy of Management Journal 49 (3): 501-518.
Quantity
Quantity
Quantity
Quantity
Quantity
Conceptual

1/13 Miller, D.J., Fern, M.J. and Cardinal, L.B. (2007) The use of knowledge for technological innovation within diversified firms,
The academy of Management Journal, 50(2), 308-326.
Ployhart, R.E., Weekley, J. & Baughman, K. (2006) The structure and function of human capital emergence: A multilevel examination of the attraction-selection-attrition model, Academy of Management
Journal 49 (4): 661-677.
Phene, a. & Almeida, P. (2008) Innovation in multination subsidiaries: The role of knowledge assimilation and subsidiary capabilities. Journal of International Business Studies, 39(5),
901-919.