TY - JOUR
T1 - Paradox and Power
T2 - A structurationist perspective on managers’ hesitation regarding people management
AU - Bader, Anna Katharina
PY - 2016/5/1
Y1 - 2016/5/1
N2 - Research has broadly investigated the role of line managers in human resource management. However, several studies have shown that line managers perceive there to be high pressure on their operational performance, often at the expense of their role as people managers. Combining Giddens’ theory of structuration and paradox lens as theoretical backgrounds, I aim to explain this phenomenon by accounting for the embeddedness of line managers in organizations as social and political systems. Therefore, I developed a circular structuration model displaying the process and dynamics that influence the development and change of norms for coping with paradoxical tensions. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.
AB - Research has broadly investigated the role of line managers in human resource management. However, several studies have shown that line managers perceive there to be high pressure on their operational performance, often at the expense of their role as people managers. Combining Giddens’ theory of structuration and paradox lens as theoretical backgrounds, I aim to explain this phenomenon by accounting for the embeddedness of line managers in organizations as social and political systems. Therefore, I developed a circular structuration model displaying the process and dynamics that influence the development and change of norms for coping with paradoxical tensions. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.
KW - Line management
KW - paradox
KW - paradox in human resource management
KW - power in human resource management
KW - theory of structuration
U2 - 10.1177/2397002216632136
DO - 10.1177/2397002216632136
M3 - Article
SN - 2397-0022
VL - 30
SP - 108
EP - 124
JO - German Journal of Human Resource Management
JF - German Journal of Human Resource Management
IS - 2
ER -