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           [...]... uman resource management: an agenda for the 1 9905', International Journal of Human Resource Management, I : 1 7-44 H o pe, V and Hendry, 1 ( 1 995) 'Corporate cult ure change - is it relevant fo r the organisations of the 1 990s1', Human Resource Management Journal, 5 (4): 67-73 Keenoy, T and Anthony, P ( 1 992) 'H R M: metaphor and morality', i n P Biyton and P Turnbull (eds), Reassessing Human Resource. .. lournal of General Management, 2 1 (4): 62-76 Beaumont, P B ( 1 992) 'The US human resource management literature: a review', in G Salaman (ed.), Human Resources Strategies London: Sage pp 20-37 Bendix, R ( 1 956) Work and A u thority in Industry New York: Wiley Burrell, G ( 1 989) 'The absent centre: the neglect of philosophy in Anglo-American management theory', Human Systems Management, 8: 307-... the psychological contract: some evidence from the banking sector, Human Resource Managemel1l Journal, 6 (4): 7S-92 Storey, 1 ( 1 989) Nell' Perspectives in Human Resource Managemenl London: Routledge Storey, 1 ( 1 992) DCl'elopmcl1ls in the Mana}?l!ment oj 'Human Resources Oxford: Blackwell Storey, 1 ( 1 996) Blac/orel/ Cas!.'s in Human Resource and Change ManafSement Oxford: Blackwell Tziner, A and... resource management literature are a strategic focus, the need for human resource policies and practices to be consistent with overall busi­ ness strategy, and the need for individual components of a human resource package to reinforce each other' ( 1 992: 25) The origins of this can be found in Fombrun et a\"s Strategic Human Resource Management ( 1 984) I n this the authors developed the notion of... tion /management N umerous reviews of the normative literature (see, for example, Clark, 1 996; Legge, 1 995; Mabey and Salaman, 1 995; Storey, 1 992) suggest that one of the key differences between HRM and personnel admin­ istration /management is the link between organizational strategy and human resource strategies Beaumont, for example, argues that 'The key messages in the human resource management. .. Clark, T ( 1 996) European Human Resource Managelllent Oxford: Blackwell Clark, T and Salaman, G ( 1 997) 'Telling tales: management gurus' narratives and the con­ struction of managerial identity', lournal of Management Studies, 32 ( 2 ) Clegg, S.R a n d Palmer, G ( 1 996) ' I ntroduction: producing management knowledge', i n S R Clegg and G Palmer (eds), The Politics of Management KnoJl'ledge London:... successful social theo­ ries', Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 1 6 : 285-30 1 Ezzamel, M , Lilley, S., Wilkinson, A and Willmott, H ( 1 996) 'Practices and practicalities i n human resource management' , Human Resource Management lournal, 6 ( I ) : 63-80 Festinger, L , Riecken, H W and Schacter, S ( 1 956) When Prophecy Fails: a Social and PSYc/lOlogical Study o a Modern Group that Predicted the... culture in modern organizations', Journal or Management SlUdies, 30: S I S-S2 Wood, S ( 1 989) 'New wave management' , Work Employment and Society, 3: 379-402 2 The Morality of HRM Karen Legge When reading accounts of human resource management ( H R M ) practice in the U K and North America, it is noticeable the extent to which the data are (literally) the voices of management To take a few examples John... Row Folger, R and Konovsky, M A ( 1 989) ' Effects of procedural and distributive justice on reactions to pay raise decisions', A eademy of Management lournal, 32 ( I ): 1 1 5-30 Fombrun, c.l., Tichy, N M and Devanna, M A ( 1 984) Strategic Human Resource Management New York: Wiley Gallie, G., Penn, R and Rose, M ( 1 996) Trade Unions in Recession Oxford: Oxford U niversity Press Gilliland, S.w... Kanter, Peter Senge and the like Few people within organizations will not be currently experiencing the consequences of some programme of organizational change which derives from the prescriptions of this small number of popular management writers Burrell has labelled these books ' Heathrow management theory' since they are 'management books available at most airport book shops which are attractive to businessmen