Edited by Rowena Barrett, Professor of Human Resource Management, Edith Cowan University, Western Australia and Susan Mayson, Senior Lecturer, Department of Management, Monash University, Australia

'This highly original book focuses on human resource management issues in the context of entrepreneurial and small firms, including original theoretical and empirical chapters. . . the book offers a unique insight into understanding the role of HRM in developing sustainable entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial ventures as well as how HRM practices and procedures can be used to help navigate, or indeed drive, the changing landscape in smaller and entrepreneurial firms. It is a useful resource for many small firms, entrepreneurship and economic development researchers, and also for policy-makers and post-graduate students interested in these areas. It provides a starting point to consider a variety of issues with regard to HRM and, in this regard it is an interesting and useful Handbook.'

• Contents:1. Introduction: At the Intersection of Entrepreneurship and Human Resource ManagementRowena Barrett and Susan MaysonPART I: THEORY AND RESEARCH METHODS 2. The Nascent Entrepreneur, Business Development and the Role of Human Resources Elizabeth Chell3. Entrepreneurship Capital: A Regional, Organizational, Team and Individual Phenomenon David Audretsch and Erik Monsen4. Interpretivist Approaches to Entrepreneurship Catherine Cassell and Sara NadinPART II: THE NATURE OF HRM IN SMALLER AND ENTREPRENEURIAL FIRMS5. Human Resource Management as an Entrepreneurial Tool? Cinzia Dal Zotto and Veronica Gustafsson6. The Formality and Informality of HRM Practices in Small Firms Rowena Barrett and Susan Mayson7. Human Resource Management and Corporate Performance: Evidence from UK and US Small Firms Jonathan Michie and Maura Sheehan8. Human Resource Strategies of High-Growth Entrepreneurial Firms Robert L. Heneman, Judith W. Tansky and S. Michael Camp9. The Relationship between Small Firm Growth and HRM PracticesRowena Barrett, Susan Mayson and Niel Warriner10. Formalizing Relationships? Time, Change and the Psychological Contract in Team Entrepreneurial CompaniesLynn M. Martin, Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj, Charlotte Carey and Srikanth Sursani Reddy11. Growing Pains: Managing the Employment Relationship in Medium-Sized EnterprisesSusan Marlow and Amanda Thompson12. Paternalism and People Management in a Low-Tech Manufacturing CompanyJeff Hyman, Fraser Osborne and Sarah Jack13. Barriers to Growth in Family-Owned Smaller BusinessesRichard Harris and Renee Reid14. Human Resource Management in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Jiangsu, ChinaLi Xue Cunningham and Chris RowleyPART III: FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS OF HRM 15. Small Firms’ Strategic Stickiness and the Impact of State InterventionsRobert Blackburn and David Smallbone16. Becoming an EmployerHefin David and Gerald Watts17. Organizational Attractiveness of Small BusinessesMelissa S. Cardon and Ibraiz Tarique 18. The Effect of Small Firms’ Recruitment Practice Portfolio Composition on Recruitment SuccessIan Williamson and Jeffrey Robinson19. Would Using the Psychological Contract Increase Entrepreneurial Business Development Potential?Deborah Blackman and Kevin Hindle20. Daily Learning, Job Design and Problem-Solving in SMEsGrahame Boocock, Kevin Daniels, Jane Glover and Julie Holland21. Encouraging Skills Acquisition in SMEsDavid Devins22. Training and Development: Practices, Definitions and DesiresScott Taylor23. The Maturation of Entrepreneurial CareersDavid M. Kaplan and Jerome A. Katz24. Intention to Quit: Evidence from Managers and Professionals in Small and Medium-Sized EnterprisesTerry H. Wagar and James D. GrantIndex

Edited by Rowena Barrett, Professor of Human Resource Management, Edith Cowan University, Western Australia and Susan Mayson, Senior Lecturer, Department of Management, Monash University, Australia

'This highly original book focuses on human resource management issues in the context of entrepreneurial and small firms, including original theoretical and empirical chapters. . . the book offers a unique insight into understanding the role of HRM in developing sustainable entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial ventures as well as how HRM practices and procedures can be used to help navigate, or indeed drive, the changing landscape in smaller and entrepreneurial firms. It is a useful resource for many small firms, entrepreneurship and economic development researchers, and also for policy-makers and post-graduate students interested in these areas. It provides a starting point to consider a variety of issues with regard to HRM and, in this regard it is an interesting and useful Handbook.'

• Contents:1. Introduction: At the Intersection of Entrepreneurship and Human Resource ManagementRowena Barrett and Susan MaysonPART I: THEORY AND RESEARCH METHODS 2. The Nascent Entrepreneur, Business Development and the Role of Human Resources Elizabeth Chell3. Entrepreneurship Capital: A Regional, Organizational, Team and Individual Phenomenon David Audretsch and Erik Monsen4. Interpretivist Approaches to Entrepreneurship Catherine Cassell and Sara NadinPART II: THE NATURE OF HRM IN SMALLER AND ENTREPRENEURIAL FIRMS5. Human Resource Management as an Entrepreneurial Tool? Cinzia Dal Zotto and Veronica Gustafsson6. The Formality and Informality of HRM Practices in Small Firms Rowena Barrett and Susan Mayson7. Human Resource Management and Corporate Performance: Evidence from UK and US Small Firms Jonathan Michie and Maura Sheehan8. Human Resource Strategies of High-Growth Entrepreneurial Firms Robert L. Heneman, Judith W. Tansky and S. Michael Camp9. The Relationship between Small Firm Growth and HRM PracticesRowena Barrett, Susan Mayson and Niel Warriner10. Formalizing Relationships? Time, Change and the Psychological Contract in Team Entrepreneurial CompaniesLynn M. Martin, Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj, Charlotte Carey and Srikanth Sursani Reddy11. Growing Pains: Managing the Employment Relationship in Medium-Sized EnterprisesSusan Marlow and Amanda Thompson12. Paternalism and People Management in a Low-Tech Manufacturing CompanyJeff Hyman, Fraser Osborne and Sarah Jack13. Barriers to Growth in Family-Owned Smaller BusinessesRichard Harris and Renee Reid14. Human Resource Management in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Jiangsu, ChinaLi Xue Cunningham and Chris RowleyPART III: FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS OF HRM 15. Small Firms’ Strategic Stickiness and the Impact of State InterventionsRobert Blackburn and David Smallbone16. Becoming an EmployerHefin David and Gerald Watts17. Organizational Attractiveness of Small BusinessesMelissa S. Cardon and Ibraiz Tarique 18. The Effect of Small Firms’ Recruitment Practice Portfolio Composition on Recruitment SuccessIan Williamson and Jeffrey Robinson19. Would Using the Psychological Contract Increase Entrepreneurial Business Development Potential?Deborah Blackman and Kevin Hindle20. Daily Learning, Job Design and Problem-Solving in SMEsGrahame Boocock, Kevin Daniels, Jane Glover and Julie Holland21. Encouraging Skills Acquisition in SMEsDavid Devins22. Training and Development: Practices, Definitions and DesiresScott Taylor23. The Maturation of Entrepreneurial CareersDavid M. Kaplan and Jerome A. Katz24. Intention to Quit: Evidence from Managers and Professionals in Small and Medium-Sized EnterprisesTerry H. Wagar and James D. GrantIndex

Edited by Rowena Barrett, Professor of Human Resource Management, Edith Cowan University, Western Australia and Susan Mayson, Senior Lecturer, Department of Management, Monash University, Australia

'This highly original book focuses on human resource management issues in the context of entrepreneurial and small firms, including original theoretical and empirical chapters. . . the book offers a unique insight into understanding the role of HRM in developing sustainable entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial ventures as well as how HRM practices and procedures can be used to help navigate, or indeed drive, the changing landscape in smaller and entrepreneurial firms. It is a useful resource for many small firms, entrepreneurship and economic development researchers, and also for policy-makers and post-graduate students interested in these areas. It provides a starting point to consider a variety of issues with regard to HRM and, in this regard it is an interesting and useful Handbook.'

• Contents:1. Introduction: At the Intersection of Entrepreneurship and Human Resource ManagementRowena Barrett and Susan MaysonPART I: THEORY AND RESEARCH METHODS 2. The Nascent Entrepreneur, Business Development and the Role of Human Resources Elizabeth Chell3. Entrepreneurship Capital: A Regional, Organizational, Team and Individual Phenomenon David Audretsch and Erik Monsen4. Interpretivist Approaches to Entrepreneurship Catherine Cassell and Sara NadinPART II: THE NATURE OF HRM IN SMALLER AND ENTREPRENEURIAL FIRMS5. Human Resource Management as an Entrepreneurial Tool? Cinzia Dal Zotto and Veronica Gustafsson6. The Formality and Informality of HRM Practices in Small Firms Rowena Barrett and Susan Mayson7. Human Resource Management and Corporate Performance: Evidence from UK and US Small Firms Jonathan Michie and Maura Sheehan8. Human Resource Strategies of High-Growth Entrepreneurial Firms Robert L. Heneman, Judith W. Tansky and S. Michael Camp9. The Relationship between Small Firm Growth and HRM PracticesRowena Barrett, Susan Mayson and Niel Warriner10. Formalizing Relationships? Time, Change and the Psychological Contract in Team Entrepreneurial CompaniesLynn M. Martin, Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj, Charlotte Carey and Srikanth Sursani Reddy11. Growing Pains: Managing the Employment Relationship in Medium-Sized EnterprisesSusan Marlow and Amanda Thompson12. Paternalism and People Management in a Low-Tech Manufacturing CompanyJeff Hyman, Fraser Osborne and Sarah Jack13. Barriers to Growth in Family-Owned Smaller BusinessesRichard Harris and Renee Reid14. Human Resource Management in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Jiangsu, ChinaLi Xue Cunningham and Chris RowleyPART III: FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS OF HRM 15. Small Firms’ Strategic Stickiness and the Impact of State InterventionsRobert Blackburn and David Smallbone16. Becoming an EmployerHefin David and Gerald Watts17. Organizational Attractiveness of Small BusinessesMelissa S. Cardon and Ibraiz Tarique 18. The Effect of Small Firms’ Recruitment Practice Portfolio Composition on Recruitment SuccessIan Williamson and Jeffrey Robinson19. Would Using the Psychological Contract Increase Entrepreneurial Business Development Potential?Deborah Blackman and Kevin Hindle20. Daily Learning, Job Design and Problem-Solving in SMEsGrahame Boocock, Kevin Daniels, Jane Glover and Julie Holland21. Encouraging Skills Acquisition in SMEsDavid Devins22. Training and Development: Practices, Definitions and DesiresScott Taylor23. The Maturation of Entrepreneurial CareersDavid M. Kaplan and Jerome A. Katz24. Intention to Quit: Evidence from Managers and Professionals in Small and Medium-Sized EnterprisesTerry H. Wagar and James D. GrantIndex