Following a similar approach used by Wright and Boswell (2002), we focussed on journals with which
readers of Human Resource Management Journal were likely to be familiar. Hence, our review covered
all of the other major international journals known for their explicit HR focus (e.g. Human Resource
Management, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Personnel Psychology and
Personnel Review), and journals where HRM-related articles were more likely to be found, such as the
general management journals (e.g. Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly,
Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, British Journal of Management, Organisation
Studies and Strategic Management Journal), and industrial relations journals (e.g. (Industrial Relations,
British Journal of Industrial Relations, and Industrial and Labor Relations Review). We also included
often-cited articles from less explicitly HRM-related journals, such as Kalleberg and Moody (1994) in
American Behavioral Scientist, and Ichniowski et al (1997) in American Economic Review. We did not
however look through every edition of these latter journals, and other not obviously relevant journals.