Reframing HRM in SMEs

Ciara Nolan is a Lecturer in Management at Technological University Dublin, City Campus. Her research interests focus on the dynamics of managing and developing people in small firms, with a particular focus on professional service firms and the hospitality industry.Brian Harney is a Professor of Strategy and HRM at Dublin City University Business School. Brian’s research focuses on the intersection of Strategy and HRM, with a particular focus on SMEs, growth and knowledge-intensive sectors.

• 1 Reframing HRM in SMEs: An Introduction.- 2 Regulation as a management challenge for small businesses.- 3 HR support for enhanced small firm performance.- Chapter 4 Owner-managers and environments of learning in SMEs.- 5 Challenging the Dehumanisation of HRM: Developing an Alternative Resilience Scaffold to the Theory of Firm’s Application in SMEs.- 6 The control-based HRM configurations theory:  Examining the temporal stability of HRM systems in SMEs.- 7 The role of joiners for the development of new firms – a literature review and future research agenda.- 8 HRM in SMEs under Turbulence: an employee-centric perspective.- 9 Dynamics of formality and informality: Examining and resolving tensions.- 10 Reframing HRM in SMEs: Navigating challenges and dynamics.