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Review an article from one of the journals listed below* that relates to a topic of interest in organizational theory. The article should not be more than five years old. Select an article that has sufficient content that you can write a review of two pages in length.

List of journals:

Academy of Management Review
Administrative Science Quarterly
Business and Society in Review
Business Finance
Decision Sciences
Financial Management
Forbes Magazine
Harvard Business Review
Healthcare Financial Management
Industrial and Labor Relations Review
Journal of Accountancy
Journal of Applied Economics and Policy
Journal of Applied Psychology
Journal of Business Ethics
Journal of Finance
Journal of Financial Statement Analysis
Journal of Management Studies
Personnel Today
Public Administration Quarterly

The article in the following manner and adhere to the APA guidelines:
A brief introduction of the article.
A statement of the problem.
A description of procedures.
Flaws in the procedural design.
Analysis of the data.
Limited and justifiable conclusions.

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The given paper explores and reviews "Human Resource Management and Labor Productivity: Does Industry Matter?" in relation to the organizational theory topic, as it is one of the broad aspects that include various concepts and propositions. As per the instructions, first we will briefly include an article introduction to focus on the main points. In addition to this, this section also includes problem statement related to the selected article. The response addresses the queries posted in 1008 words with references.

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The response addresses the queries posted in 1008 words with references.

//The given paper explores and reviews the selected article in relation to the organizational theory topic, as it is one of the broad aspects that include various concepts and propositions. As per the instructions, first we will briefly include an article introduction to focus on the main points. In addition to this, this section also includes problem statement related to the selected article.//

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The selected article related to "Human Resource Management and Labor Productivity: Does Industry Matter?" is quite effective for reviewing, in relation to the organizational theory. The given article focuses on the industrial characteristics to assess its impact on the value of high performance work systems. In concern to the human resource systems, it states that success of the organization in the competitive market mainly depends on human resources rather than on technology, capital access, adaptability, economies of scale, etc (Datta, Guthrie, & Wright, 2005).

In addition to this, the selected article also includes description about traditional HRM and strategic HRM. In concern to this, it states that SHRM focuses on the analysis linked with organizational level, while traditional HRM focuses on individual level. Overall, SHRM mainly emphasizes towards the strategic role played by HR for gaining eminent success.

The given article also indicates about contingency theory in context to the high performance work systems.

Beyond that, it also includes discussion about the methods used in context to the problems and hypothesis. The discussion about various measures including labor ...

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