Title: HRM and innovation: themes, contingencies and directions for future research

Authors: Henrik Florén; Jonas Rundquist; Randall S. Schuler; Tanya Bondarouk; Huub Ruël

Addresses: School of Business and Engineering, Halmstad University, P.O. Box 823, 301 18 Halmstad, Sweden ' School of Business and Engineering, Halmstad University, P.O. Box 823, 301 18 Halmstad, Sweden ' School of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University, Janice H. Levin Bldg, Suite 216, 94 Rockfeller Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA ' Department of Business Administration, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands ' School of Business, Media & Law, Windesheim University of Applied Sciences, Campus 2-6, P.O. Box 10090, 8000 GB Zwolle, The Netherlands

Abstract: The purposes of this special issue were to connect Human Resource Management (HRM) research and innovation research and to contribute towards a better understanding of how HRM can be deployed to support organisations in their innovation efforts. In this commentary, we review the results from the five articles in this special issue in general and offer suggestions for future research from these five contributions. We do this by pinpointing a number of themes, contingencies, measurement challenges and ideas on working with other research areas that might be useful in future research on the relationship between HRM and innovation.

Keywords: HRM; human resource management; innovation; innovativeness; human capital; human resources; HR.

DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2014.064605

European Journal of International Management, 2014 Vol.8 No.5, pp.570 - 577

Published online: 21 Oct 2014 *

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