Research
The Center for Global HRM is the leading research institution focusing on Human Resource Management (HRM) in Sweden, with the goal of becoming a prominent player internationally as well. Further down on this page, you will find more information about our ongoing research and links to the latest HRM publications.
Transformational HR
CGHRM's research focuses on how the HR function and human resources management contribute to organizational resilience. The HR function is often viewed as administrative, transactional, and bureaucratic. However, the HR function can also play a role in organizational growth and renewal—an area that is of great importance to CGHRM and our partners.
Therefore, the overarching theme of CGHRM's research is transformative HR. This concept emphasizes an ambition to enhance the impact and significance of the HR function to make a vital contribution to organizational efficiency, development, renewal, as well as the well-being of individual employees and a more sustainable labor market. The research at CGHRM aims to provide insights into what transformative HR could look like and what conditions must be met to achieve this goal.
The global dimension of transformative HR is of central importance here, focusing on how the HR function can contribute to organizational development in multinational and multicultural environments.
Research Platform
Five related focus areas have been identified in line with the overarching mission and scope of CGHRM's research platform.
- Work Environment and Well-being - Project Lead: Karin Allard
- Digitalization and HRM - Project Lead: Per Thilander
Here, we study how the HR function can be organized with a focus on new working methods within the HR function and their implications for organizations, individuals, and society. - HR(M) Organization - Project Lead: Stefan Tengblad
- Skills Supply - Project Lead: Monica Andersson Bäck
- Leadership and Employee Engagement - Project Lead: Lotta Dellve
Scope of Research
In terms of theories and applied methods, CGHRM strives for pluralism, ensuring that each research project has a unique and diverse disciplinary framework and that the research design is functional in relation to specific research goals and questions. Key areas to be explored in CGHRM's research include the HR profession, HR policy and practical work, industrial relations, and various management issues such as leadership and strategy. Some areas of particular significance are diversity management, work environment, employment, employee engagement, digitalization, flexibilization, agile work, and people analytics.
