Introduction
Debates in relation to human resource management and its environment continue to gain momentum although the focus has changed with time. The debates first began by trying to find the differences between human resource and employee management (Guest, 1991, p.150). The discussions moved on to scrutinize the associations between human resource approaches and the incorporation of HRM into business policies and practices. In addition, the degree to which human resource management can be utilized to accomplish competitive advantage in business was also analysed (Guest, 1991, p.152). Much of the progress has occurred over the past decades and has hastened ...
