Abstract:
With the aim of portraying the future of the field, HRM
scholars have repeatedly proposed new research domains
and perspectives. Unusual forms of organization do not,
however, play a major role in these proposals, even if they
have gained some importance in practice. A case in point
relates to temporary forms of organization in general and
project-based organizations in particular. In this paper, after
outlining the evolution of HRM as a discipline, we will
systematically review top-tier HRM journals as well as other
management journals over a period of two decades.
Findings reveal that HRM research concentrates mostly on
only one dimension of temporary organizing, i.e. temporary
employment, and adheres otherwise to the assumption of
the permanency or at least longevity of organizations. We
argue that theorizing HRM beyond the permanency
assumption is not only urgently needed in face of spread ing forms of project-based organizing, but also offers
unique potentials to study HRM problems, including those
of international HRM
