How do entrepreneurial firms manage human resources? The REDUR case
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18-09-2018
María Isabel Delgado Piña
Luis Gómez Martínez
Ana María Romero Martínez
Elena Vázquez Inchausti
Abstract
This paper analyzes the human resources management in a familiar and entrepreneurial company, REDUR. Specifically, it is analyzed the characteristics and the main problems of the human resources area along the company's cycle of life. Nowadays, REDUR is in the growth stage. The work shows that the human resources management goes becoming more formal and that formation and selection are the most important practices. Exactly, in which refers to these practices, they use graphology, as technique to select personal, and they consider especially important the socialization. The reason can be that businesses in growth emphasize person-organization fit.
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Delgado Piña, M. I., Gómez Martínez, L., Romero Martínez, A. M., & Vázquez Inchausti, E. (2018). How do entrepreneurial firms manage human resources? The REDUR case. Cuadernos De Gestión, 7(1), 51–64. https://doi.org/10.5295/cdg.19126md
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Keywords
Familiar businesses, entrepreneurship, human resource management and cycle of life
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HANNAN, M. T.; FREEMAN, J. (1984): «The population ecology of organizations». American Sociological Review, vol. 49, pp. 149-164.
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HENEMAN, H. G.; BERKLEY, R. A. (1999): «Applicant attraction practices and outcomes among small business». Journal of Small Business Management, vol. 37, N. 1, pp. 53-74.
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