Starbucks' Human Resource Management Policies and the Growth Challenge

In recent years, there has been much interest in the notion of "high commitment" human resource management (HRM). The high commitment HRM is focused on developing self-regulated behavior among employees that is based on mutual trust rather than external sanctions and pressures. Considering this premise, this paper provides a review of the relevant peer-reviewed, scholarly and organizational. literature concerning the advantages of adopting such an approach and an evaluation concerning how closely Starbucks Coffee Company fits the high commitment HRM model. To this end, a brief overview of Starbucks is followed by an overview of the high commitment HRM model which is then applied to the company's human resource management practices. A summary of the research and important findings are presented in the conclusion.

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Starbucks' Corporate History

Founded 40 years ago in 1971, Starbucks Coffee Company (hereinafter alternatively...
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