Title: Providing a better work environment for competitive advantage – conceptual considerations linking commitment and firm-specific human resources
Abstract: Managing for uncertain futures is a major concern in the area of strategic management with
environmental stability fading and increasing global impacts on local decisions. One critical resource
that has attained special interest lies in talented and qualified employees. It is a challenge to motivate
such employees to invest in firm-specific assets that may form a valuable basis for competitive
advantage. Short term contracts and a lack of care for employees make it hard to establish a
committed workforce. The aim of the paper is the elaboration of a conceptual framework showing the
links and contributing to a better understanding of how the alignment of interests of employees and
firms maybe a valuable contribution to the understanding of competitive advantage.
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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