Knowledge into Practice Excellence
The Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies (CAHRS) and HR Studies faculty at the Cornell ILR School investigate issues relevant to practitioners and add to the HR management body of knowledge. A fundamental focus and distinguishing characteristics of CAHRS is original research of the highest quality. Studies focus on all aspects of human resource management. The Resource Collection summarizes the CAHRS research components.
What's New
During the spring 2011 semester, two CAHRS graduate research assistants investigated four key themes identified through research related to remote work: isolation, virtual worker competencies, work-life balance, and managing virtual workers. The research assistants collected and reviewed academic literature and conducted nine interviews with CAHRS partner companies. This report is the result of their work, and was prepared under faculty guidance from Brad Bell, Ph.D.
The latest CAHRS ResearchLink highlights a recent study that examines the extent to which employees’ attitudes and behavior, both at the individual and unit level, are shaped by their beliefs of the motivations driving HR practices—why HR does what it does. The bottom line? To achieve desired organizational outcomes, it’s important to have not only the right HR practices but the right employee perceptions of those practices.
In 2010, the Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies held a series of working groups to gauge how partner companies are using HR analytics and what challenges remain. Over 60 participants from nearly 40 CAHRS partner companies participated in the working groups. This summary report covers key findings from those meetings, as well as results of a survey of working group participants about how they use HR analytics, the extent to which HR analytics is supported in their organizations, and the availability/quality of data.
In its third year, talent was once again the guiding theme throughout the 2011 Chief Human Resource Officer (CHRO) Survey by the Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies at Cornell University. Nearly all of the 200 U.S. and European CHROs surveyed cited 'talent' as the top priority on their CEO's agenda for HR. In addition, talent issues were some of the biggest challenges CHROs face in their role, particularly among those in the U.S. But it's the lack of talent in the HR function that the CHROs surveyed said is the greatest obstacle to achieving the CEO's agenda for HR. European CHROs consistently expressed greater challenges with and focus on the HR function relative to U.S. CHROs.
The 2010 Chief Human Resource Officer Survey (now expanded to the U.S. Fortune 200), from the Cornell Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies (CAHRS), reveals that as the economy begins a slow recovery, CHROs are gradually moving from “bunker” to “building,” reaching back out to those lower in the organization—both the business and HR talent—in an effort to reestablish the connections necessary to retain talent and build HR capability.
The first annual CHRO Survey of the U.S. Fortune 150 points to some interesting conclusions. For one, almost half (44%) of all CHROs surveyed were not promoted to their role from inside their company's HR function. This suggests many large firms aren't doing as much as they should when it comes to internal HR leadership succession planning.
More Research from CAHRS
- ResearchLink – Launched in 2009, the ResearchLink series provides HR practitioners with concise, high-level overviews of research by Cornell ILR School’s HR Studies (HRS) faculty. The 4-6 page summaries cover not only research studies published in academic journals, but also the most current, completed research yet to be submitted for publication. This publication series replaces the CAHRS working papers series.
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Recent Additions:
2012
Starting off on the Right Foot: Take Proactive Measures to Enhance Project Teams' Performance
Systems Approach to Turnover: Human Resources Practices, Quits, Dismissals, and Performance
Do Nice Guys -- And Gals -- Really Finish Last? The Joint Effects of Sex and Agreeableness on Income
2011
Should Personality Testing Be Part of the Hiring Process?
Getting to Know You: Self-awareness Is Key for High-Performing, Adaptive Teams
A China-based High-Performance HR System: A Model for SuccessStrategically Deploy HR Practices to Increase Worker Commitment and Reduce Turnover
- Faculty Working Paper Series – As part of its mission to investigate, translate and apply the latest HR research into practice excellence, CAHRS funds research grants for Cornell ILR School HR Studies (HRS) faculty. The CAHRS Working Paper Series is one way HRS faculty communicate results of their research to the academic community and partner firms at no charge. CAHRS working papers are academic research articles authored between 1987 and 2008.
- hrSpectrum Newsletter Archives (PDF) – The bimonthly CAHRS hrSpectrum enewsletter began as a print, and then Adobe PDF, publication. Search articles from our archived PDF newsletters (2002-2008). The newsletter provides information about noteworthy partner accomplishments, executive profiles, ILR School developments in HR research and teaching, and the latest HR news of interest to partners. Each issue covers at least one current HR research study or issue.
- Topical White Papers – Targeted research literature reviews and qualitative benchmarking surveys compiled by CAHRS graduate research assistants to complement topical themes for partner conferences.
