Private equity and human resource management

‘Barbarians at the gate!’ HR’s wake-up call

Bibliographic Data

ID9889404
AuthorsPaul Boselie (0000-0001-8507-7258, Tilburg University and Utrecht University, The Netherlands, corresponding author), Bas Koene (0000-0002-2973-6981, Erasmus University, the Netherlands,, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume63
Issue9
Pages1297-1319
Publication date2010-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHuman Relations (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0018-7267 • E-ISSN: 1741-282X
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0018726709349519
OpenAlexW2148367799
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited30

A private equity buyout (PEB) constitutes an important organizational event that usually heralds major organizational transformations. As such, the announcement of a possible PEB can be expected to impact the organization and require careful management of the pre-PEB process. This article investigates the role and contribution of human resource management (HRM) during a two-year process of negotiations preceding a PEB. It shows the vulnerability of HR-based change contributions to uncertainty about the future, as uncertainty accentuates the ambiguity inherent in HRM based change. Furthermore, it highlights the importance of the role of top-management and the possibilities for HRM during the period leading up to a PEB

Ambiguity · Business · Computer security · Economics · Equity (law · Human resource management · Management · Negotiation · Organizational change · Political science · Private equity · Process (computing · Process management · Public relations · Vulnerability (computing · Wake · Computer Science · Corporate Finance and Governance · Engineering · Finance · Firm Innovation and Growth · Law · Private Equity and Venture Capital

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