Strategic Human Resources Management in Innovative Firms

Year 2019, Volume: 1 Issue: 1, 52 - 77, 12.01.2019

Omer Faruk Derindag , Mehmet Canakci

Abstract

The purpose of this study is; to reveal the necessity of addressing the human resources practices of innovative companies which are the locomotives of the technological industry from the perspective of strategic human resources management. In this context, first of all, innovative organizations are tried to be conveyed within the framework of their own defining characteristics in the conditions of the market, which is the basis of their pursuit of sustainable competitive advantage and innovation. Then, the conceptual framework of strategic human resources management was transferred. In the third step, a hypothetical model was put under the title of strategic human resources management in innovative firms underlining the strategic human resource management issues that are in harmony with the defining characteristics of innovative firms.

Keywords

Innovative firms, innovation management, strategic human resources

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