(1987), Walton (1985) and Beer et al
(1985), remains very much open to question. For example, Wood and Albanese (1995)
conclude that we can now speak of a `high commitment management on the shopfloor ’ .
However, Sisson (1993), discussing HRM with reference to the 1990 Workplace Industrial
Relations Survey (WIRS3), argues that only `fragments’ of HRM can be found. Storey (1992) ® nds
that it is not an uncommon occurrence for HRM to be introduced alongside traditional structures
rather than replacing them.