Rob Briner searches for meaning in performance management

HR directors know performance-related pay is not going to actually drive improved performance but regard it as symbolically important

In his second column examining the evidence behind HR fads, buzzwords and obsessions, Rob Briner puts talent management under the microscope.

In the first of a series of columns, Rob Briner, professor of organisational psychology at Bath University’s School of Management, explores the case for evidence-based HR.

Maxime Loose, internal HR and OD consultant at the Government of Flanders, shares how he has used evidence-based HR (EBHR) in practice.

The evidence-based management movement has HR in its sight. But is the profession willing or able to become more evidence-based?

Engagement is more like a muddy puddle than clear water. HR needs to put the concept back under the microscope before it fully buys in.