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Hidden in plain sight? The human resource management practitioner's role in dealing with workplace conflict as a source of organisational–professional power
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posted on 2023-07-26, 15:04 authored by Ian Roper, Paul HigginsThis article examines the perceived importance of human resource (HR) practitioners' role as ‘organisational professionals’ at national and organisational levels. Informed by institutionalist theory and drawing upon interviews at national and organisational levels, a dissonance is identified in the degree to where HR's non-substitutable expertise lies. It is concluded that HR's role in dealing with workplace conflict is under-recognised at national level as it does not fit with the proactive ‘strategic’ narrative seen to be what HR needs to achieve to be influential. At organisational level, however, conflict management is a source of power because, unlike many other HR roles—valued as they may be—conflict management is the role that can least be substituted by non-specialist HR practitioners because of its unpredictability.
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30Issue number
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508-524Publication title
Human Resource Management JournalISSN
1748-8583External DOI
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WileyConference proceeding
Human Resource Management JournalFile version
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2020-08-17Legacy creation date
2020-08-17Legacy Faculty/School/Department
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