Sustained Competitive Advantage: Strategic HRM Initiatives and Consequences in Indian Context
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In the past few decades, researchers have witnessed a paradigm shift in Human Resource Management-from individual performance to organizational outcomes with the role of Human resource (HR) managers becoming increasingly significant to the organization. In such a context, it is important to examine HR practices from a strategic perspective on the sustained competitive advantage (SCA) of the organizations. The present study explores how Indian organizations look at their human resources strategically when faced with competitive environment. Also, it explores strategic initiatives being taken to manage human resources within the organizations and how these initiatives promote SCA in terms of enhancing the overall customer-centric delivery of goods and services. Keywords—Strategic HRM, Strategic HRM Initiatives, Consequences, and Sustained Competitive Advantage.
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