%0 Journal Article
%T A Comparative Study of Cognitive Schemas of HRM During Economic Crisis in Two Slovenian Sectors
%A Ana Arzen£¿ek
%J Management
%D 2012
%I University of Primorska
%X The main objective of this article is to present a qualitative studyof HRM schemas in the recent economic crisis in Slovenia. Cognitiveschemas influence perception and behavior and serve aspowerful sense-making frameworks. In-depth interviews with 16ceos, HR executives and trade unionists from the production andservice sectors and analyses of annual reports were conducted tofind the content of their HRM schemas. In addition, a comparisonbetween schemas from companies from both sectors was made.Results reveal that HRM schemas in companies from the financialsector include more ¡®HRM is bureaucratic¡¯ attributes, whereas incompanies from the automotive sector ¡®HRM is strategic¡¯ attributesprevail. In companies¡¯ annual reports, the socially responsiblerole of HRM toward employees is only moderately present. Whilethe crisis in 1990s was an influential factor for the sense-makingand ¡®flexibility is crucial¡¯ attribution in companies in the automotivesector, the current HRM schema in selected companies fromthe financial sector was influenced by the occurrence of conjuncture.
%K social cognition
%K cognitive schema
%K HRM
%K economic crisis
%U http://www.fm-kp.si/zalozba/ISSN/1854-4231/7_035-053.pdf