TY - JOUR

T1 - Mapping the Research Landscape of Strategic Human Resource Management in Nonprofit Organizations

T2 - A Systematic Review and Avenues for Future Research

AU - Baluch, Alina M.

AU - Ridder, Hans Gerd

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2020.

PY - 2021/6

Y1 - 2021/6

N2 - A decade after key theoretical developments in strategic human resource management (SHRM) in nonprofit organizations (NPOs), we still lack a comprehensive understanding of the disparate strands of empirical evidence. Furthermore, this growing field requires integration and synthesis of new themes and conceptual developments. Therefore, we conducted a systematic review of SHRM studies in NPOs published between 2008 and 2017. Our review of 74 articles synthesizes a fragmented body of research and maps out the relationships into a more integrated whole. By mapping the research landscape, we provide insights into the tensions NPOs face between external pressures and values, highlighting the underexplored role of managerial discretion in shaping NPOs’ differing responses. Our review expands the resource orientation to include a social capital dimension and identifies new empirical manifestations of human resource management (HRM) types. We offer avenues for research on content, process, outcomes of SHRM, and discuss how the interplay across key themes can inform the development of the field.

AB - A decade after key theoretical developments in strategic human resource management (SHRM) in nonprofit organizations (NPOs), we still lack a comprehensive understanding of the disparate strands of empirical evidence. Furthermore, this growing field requires integration and synthesis of new themes and conceptual developments. Therefore, we conducted a systematic review of SHRM studies in NPOs published between 2008 and 2017. Our review of 74 articles synthesizes a fragmented body of research and maps out the relationships into a more integrated whole. By mapping the research landscape, we provide insights into the tensions NPOs face between external pressures and values, highlighting the underexplored role of managerial discretion in shaping NPOs’ differing responses. Our review expands the resource orientation to include a social capital dimension and identifies new empirical manifestations of human resource management (HRM) types. We offer avenues for research on content, process, outcomes of SHRM, and discuss how the interplay across key themes can inform the development of the field.

KW - HR architectures

KW - HR practices

KW - nonprofit organizations

KW - strategic human resource management

KW - systematic review

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85088376804&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1177/0899764020939653

DO - 10.1177/0899764020939653

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85088376804

VL - 50

SP - 598

EP - 625

JO - Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

JF - Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

SN - 0899-7640

IS - 3

ER -