The Role of Strategic Reference Points in Explaining the Nature and Consequences of Human Resource Strategy
探讨管理者如何利用战略参考点（基准）指导人力资源决策，并分析这些基准如何影响决策的绩效后果，提出相关命题和理论解释。
We examine how managers use strategic reference points (SRPs) or benchmarks to guide their strategic decision making with regard to human resource (HR) issues and how these benchmarks can affect the performance-based consequences of such decisions. After describing the reference points that are relevant to the HR system, we develop propositions regarding the likely configuration of such reference points and their impact on the nature of HR policies and practices. We also explain how the management of SRP fit and consensus can reduce the likelihood that HR policies and practices will have a negative effect on a firm's performance. Organizationwide implications are discussed.