Time for Realignment: The HR Ecosystem
指出战略人力资源管理中适配与对齐概念缺乏实证支持，提出用生态系统视角研究动态对齐过程，关注劳动力构成、能力和文化的互动，以推动战略与人力资源研究的复兴。
The concepts of fit and alignment have been foundational to the field of strategic human resource management. And while the theoretical premises that underlie these concepts remain useful and intuitively compelling, the lack of empirical evidence to support them proves problematic. Part of the reason, we suspect, is that current research on fit and alignment does not fully reflect realities of contemporary organizations or the practical challenges faced by managers. We argue that HR researchers have an opportunity to reframe concepts of fit and alignment to better reflect the complexities and dynamics of contemporary models of strategy and organization. We suggest that an ecosystem perspective can help us study the processes of alignment, not just its static features. It can help to depict the interactions among elements of the workforce compositions, capabilities, and cultures. Because these interactions are myriad and constantly in flux, HR researchers might approach alignment in an evolutionary way whereby practices are constantly changing and then being reintegrated into the system to assure consistency and synergy. The benefit of doing so might reinvigorate research on strategy and HR.