Product market competition and human resource practices in the retail food sector

Citation

(2009), "Product market competition and human resource practices in the retail food sector", Human Resource Management International Digest, Vol. 17 No. 6. https://doi.org/10.1108/hrmid.2009.04417fad.005

Product market competition and human resource practices in the retail food sector

Article Type: Abstracts From: Human Resource Management International Digest, Volume 17, Issue 6

Davis E., Freedman M., Lane J., McCall B., Nestoriak N., Park T. Industrial Relations (USA), April 2009, Vol. 48 No. 2, Start page: 350, No. of pages: 22

Purpose – Studies how the entrance of Wal-Mart and similar enterprises into retailing has affected retail firms’ human resource practices. Design/methodology/approach – Sets out a model of skill acquisition and turnover to identify how an existing retailer might change its labor market strategies in response to a new competitor in the market. Uses data from the longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics Program at the US Census to estimate whether staff turnover increases when mass-merchandisers enter the market and if existing retailers change their human resource practices in response to this. Findings – Concludes that US retailers have not made rapid adjustments to their human resource practices despite the competition increasing in this sector. Research implications/limitations – Describes the research method and the analysis. Originality/value – Examines if firms react to increased competition by adapting their human resource practices. ISSN: 0019-8676 Reference: 38AJ507

Keywords: Retail trade, Human resource management, Competitive strategy, USA