Human Resource Management in Retail Sector: An Annotated Bibliography

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Human Resource Management
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I have selected retail sector for my study. For this annotated
bibliography, I have read one general article on HR practices to understand
the topic area in general, one article on the UK retail sector and the three
articles on the Australian retail sector. I found that the retail services in all
the countries which I have chosen are experiencing retention, performance
related issues. I have also came to know the major implications faced by the
retail companies operating in Australia and UK as well the strategies they
develop in order to eradicate the performance related and other
organizational issues taken place within the retail sector of Australia and
UK.
Article 1 Kehoe, R. R., & Wright, P. M. (2013). The impact of high-
performance human resource practices on employees’ attitudes and
behaviors. Journal of management, 39(2), 366-391.
Key words: SHRM and commitment.
The article examines that how the implementation of HR strategies
could influence on the perceptions and the behavior of the employees. There
is a significant relationship to be developed between the HR practices and on
the performance of the employees. The development of comprehensive HR
practices has been influencing and playing a mediating action in improving
the performance of the groups or team under consideration for the
organizations within the retail sector (Pinder, 2014). The article also states
that improvement in the HR practices can help the employees to reduce the
rate of absenteeism which is resulting in enhancing the intent of improving
the attitudes and behavior of the employees (Kehoe & Wright, 2013). The
purpose of the article is to evaluate the effect of comprehensive and proper

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HR practices on the attitudes and the behavior of the employees working
within the retail sector. They did the research in trying to investigate a
connection between the strategic HR ideas and the perception of the staffs.
The research is done with the help of the survey to be conducted where the
data will be collected from the employees working in large retail
organization (Kehoe & Wright, 2013). The study finds out how the high
performance HR practices can actually play a mediating role in developing
relationship with the employees. This concludes with the fact that the
perception of the staffs has been changed due to the HR practices
implemented.
While this study is applied with the retail sector, its findings are
useful in my study of entrepreneurship as this will help me to understand the
practicality and the implications of any HR practices which I might involve
in after starting my own business (Cherian & Jacob, 2013).. This area of
study will also help me to understand the employees’ perceptions towards
the different types of HR practices they should be involved in while starting
becoming an entrepreneur. I will analyze and evaluate the commitment the
employees must ensure when they are having their employment to be done. I
will also use these findings to study the skills and attributes of the
employees with whom I need to be starting the business.
Article 2 Wood, S., Van Veldhoven, M., Croon, M., & de Menezes, L. M.
(2012). Enriched job design, high involvement management and