Twelve new research proposals have been funded for 2001-2002.
Studies focus on key strategic human resource issues.
Most are policy-oriented and aimed at improving organizational effectiveness through better human resource management. This research proposes to develop a framework for decision-based staffing measurement that integrates staffing processes and outcomes for enhanced decision support. This framework will be developed by reviewing the literature on staffing systems, particularly existing and proposed measurement methods. In addition, the research will examine the staffing measurement systems of leading organizations, to determine what measures are most commonly used, the state of existing data bases to support enhanced measurements, and the nature of the decision models and frameworks used to determine staffing system investments. Finally, this research will endeavor to begin the process of gathering data to populate the enhanced measurement model, and to test propositions regarding the relationships among the elements of the staffing process.