“The practices of integration of HRM into the business/corporate
strategy anddevolvement of HRM to line managers as perceived by the
human resource manager ofthe particular firm.” The working definition
comprises of the two of the three themesmentioned above. As many scholars
have focused on these two aspects, and relativelylesser popularity of the
concept of SHRM in Jordan , they were perceived as reflectiveof the realities
of the practice of SHRM in Jordan listed firms in an adequate way.