Lee Dyer

People/Emeriti faculty
Professor Emeritus
Human Resource Studies
L. Dyer

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Overview

Lee Dyer is Emeritus Professor of Human Resource Studies and Research Fellow, Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies at the ILR School, Cornell University. He holds a BBA, MBA, and PhD from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His research and teaching interests focus on the future of work, organizational agility, and human resource strategy. Over the years he has addressed these and related interests in over a dozen books and monographs, several dozen journal articles, and a smattering of book chapters, as well as numerous speaking engagements and consulting assignments worldwide. Currently semi-retired, he is conducting research on the future of work with a particular emphasis on workforce agility and especially corporate reliance on high-end, on-demand talent. In addition, he teaches a 7-week course at the ILR School titled Forging the Future of Work, and recently coauthored a companion book for the course, Shaping the Future of Work: A Handbook for Action and a New Social Contract (MITxPress).

 

Publications

Journal Articles

  • , , & . . The Impact of Mobilization Strategy on Project Team Effectiveness. Academy of Management Journal.
  • , , & . . New Models of Strategic HRM in a Global World. International Journal of Human Resources Management, 16, 875-881.
  • , & . . Toward a Strategic Human Resource Model of High Reliability Organization Performance. International Journal of Human Resources Management, 16(6), 907-928.
  • , & . . Right From the Start: Exploring the Effects of Early Events on Subsequent Project Team Development and Performance. Administrative Science Quarterly, 49, 438-471.
  • , , , , & . . Crafting Human Resource Strategy to Foster Organizational Agility: A Case Study. Human Resource Management, 40(3), 197-211.
  • . . Toward a New Social Contract Around Work: The Role of Management. Perspectives on Work, 4(1).
  • , , & . . What’s Next? Key findings from the 1999 State of the Arts & Practice Study. Human Resource Planning, 22(4).
  • , & . . Due Process for Non-union Employees: The Influence of System Characteristics on Fairness Perceptions. Human Resource Management, 35(3).
  • , , & . . Key Competencies for a Transformed Human Resource Organization: Results of a Field Study. Human Resource Management, 35(3).
  • , & . . Human Resource Strategies and Firm Performance: What Do We Know and Where Do We Need To Go?. International Journal of Human Resources Management, 6(3).
  • , & . . Managing Transformational Change: The Role of HR Professionals. International Journal of Human Resources Management, 4(3).
  • , & . . Une Etude Empirique Sur les Roles de Base des Services de Resources Humaines. Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations, 47(4).
  • . . Corporate Revitalization Through Human Resource Management. Optimum, 16(2).
  • . . Human Resource Planning at IBM. Human Resource Planning, 7(3).
  • . . Linking Human Resource and Business Strategies. Human Resource Planning, 7(2).
  • . . Studying Strategy in Human Resource Management: An Approach and an Agenda. Industrial Relations, 23(2).
  • . . Bringing Human Resources Into the Strategy Formulation Process. Human Resource Management, 22(3).
  • , & . . Affirmative Action Planning at AT&T: An Applied Model. Human Resource Planning, 2(2).
  • , & . . Correlates of Faculty Salary Levels. Industrial Relations, 18(2).
  • , & . . Implications of the Age Discrimination Amendments for Performance Appraisal. Journal of the College and University Personnel Association, 29(4).
  • , & . . Retirement Options and EEO/AA Goals: A Human Resource Planning Perspective. Journal of the College and University Personnel Association, 29(4).
  • , , & . . Impacts of Pay on Employee Behaviors and Attitudes: An Update. The Personnel Administrator, 23(1).
  • , & . . Criteres D'Augmentations De Salaries Chez Les Cadres Canadiens-Francais, Candiens-Anglais et Americains. Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations, 32(1).
  • , & . . Les Cadres et Leurs Augmentations de Salaire en Amerique du Nord. Review Internationale de Gestion, 2(4).
  • , & . . Project Performance: Dimensions and Determinants. Industrial Marketing Management, 6(5).
  • , & . . Expectancy Theory as a Within-Person Behavioral Choice Model: An Empirical Test of Some Conceptual and Methodological Refinements. Organizational Behavior and Human Performance, 17(1).
  • , & . . The Determinants of Pay Satisfaction. Journal of Applied Psychology, 61(5).
  • , , & . . Managerial Perceptions Regarding Salary Increase Criteria. Personnel Psychology, 29(2).
  • , & . . A Model of Organizational Change in the Context of Union-Management Relations. Journal of Applied Psychology, 60(6).
  • , & . . A Note on the Measurement of Valence Perceptions in Expectancy Theory Research. Journal of Applied Psychology, 60(6).
  • , & . . Classifying Outcomes in Work Motivation Research: An Examination of the Intrinsic-Extrinsic Dichotomy. Journal of Applied Psychology, 60(4).
  • . . Implications of Job Displacement at Mid-Career. Industrial Gerontology, 17.
  • . . Job Search Success of Middle-Aged Managers and Engineers. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 26.
  • , & . . The Motivational Impact of a Compensation System on Employee Performance. Organizational Behavior and Human Performance, 9(2).
  • . . Managerial Jobseeking: Methods and Techniques. Monthly Labor Review, 95(12).
  • , & . . Private Pension Plan Coverage in Manufacturing: A Cross-Sectional Study. Industrial Gerontology, 11.

Book Chapters

  • , & . . Complexity-Based Agile Enterprises: Putting Self-Organizing Emergence to Work. In Sage Handbook of Human Resource Management. (pp. 263-281). Sage.
  • , & . . Dynamic Organizations: Achieving Marketplace Agility through Workforce Scalability. In Human Resource Management: A Critical Text. (pp. 32 pages). Thompson Learning.
  • , & . . In Pursuit of Marketplace Agility: Applying Precepts of Self-Organizing Systems to Optimize Human Resource Scalability. In The Future of Human Resource Management. (pp. 233-241). Wiley.
  • , & . . Dynamic Organizations: Achieving Marketplace and Organizational Agility with People. In Leading and Managing People in the Dynamic Organization. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  • , & . . HRM: An American View. In Human Resource Management: A Critical Text. Thomson Learning.
  • , & . . From Human Resource Strategy to Organizational Effectiveness: Lessons From Research on Organizational Agility. In Strategic Human Resources Management in the Twenty First Century. JAI Press.
  • , & . . Personnel and Human Resource Management. In Industrial Relations at the Dawn of the New Millennium. ILR Press.
  • , & . . Is There a New HRM? Contemporary Evidence and Future Directions. In Managing Human Resources in the 1990s and Beyond: Is the Workplace Being Transformed?. Industrial Relations Centre Press, Queen's University.
  • , , & . . International Human Resource Studies: A Framework for Future Research. In Research Frontiers in Industrial Relations and Human Resources. Industrial Relations Research Association.
  • , & . . Toward a Strategic Perspective of Human Resource Management. In Human Resource Management: Evolving Roles and Responsibilities. Bureau of National Affairs.
  • . . Formulating Human Resource Strategies in a Professional Service Firm: A Systemic Approach. In Strategic Human Resource Planning Applications. Plenum.
  • , , & . . Contemporary Employment Stabilization Practices. In Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management: Text, Readings, and Cases. Little, Brown.
  • . . Strategic Human Resource Management and Planning. In Research in Personnel and Human Resource Management. JAI Press.
  • , , & . . HRM Planning. In Human Resources Management in the 1980's. Bureau of National Affairs.
  • , , & . . Appraising a Decade's Research: An Overview. In Industrial Relations Research in the 1970s Review and Appraisal. Industrial Relations Research Association.
  • . . Human Resource Planning. In Personnel Management. Allyn and Bacon.
  • , & . . Personnel/Human Resource Management Research. In Industrial Relations Research in the 1970s Review and Appraisal. Industrial Relations Research Association.

Books

  • , & . . People in E-Business: New Challenges, New Solutions. Human Resource Planning Society.
  • , , & . . Execution: The Critical “What’s Next” in Strategic Human Resource Management. Human Resource Planning Society.
  • . . Human Resources as a Source of Competitive Advantage. Industrial Relations Centre Press, Queen's University.
  • , , , & . . Personnel/Human Resource Management. Richard D. Irwin.
  • . . Editor, Human Resource Management: Evolving Roles and Responsibilities. Bureau of National Affairs.
  • . . Editor, Human Resource Planning: Tested Practices of Five Major U.S. and Canadian Companies. Random House.
  • . . Co-editor, Industrial Relations Research in the 1970s: Review and Appraisal. Industrial Relations Research Association.
  • . . Co-editor, Affirmative Action Planning. Human Resource Planning Society.
  • . . Editor, Organizational Careers: Individual Planning and Organizational Development. Publications Division, NYSSILR, Cornell University.

Conference Proceedings

  • , & . . Agile Organizations: A New paradigm for Human Resource Strategy Research.
  • , & . . Managerial Strategy Development: A Model, Propositions, and Suggested Research.
  • . . The Determinants of Pay Satisfaction: An Update.
  • , , & . . The Nature of Project Leader Behavior and Its Impact on Major Dimensions of Project Performance.
  • . . Implications of New Theories of Work for the Design of Compensation Systems.
  • , , & . . Managerial Perceptions of Salary Criteria for Themselves, Their Subordinates, and Their Satisfaction with These Criteria.
  • , & . . MBO and Motivation: An Empirical Study.
  • , , & . . Collective Bargaining and the Quality of Work: The Views of Local Union Activists.

Monograph

  • . . Strategic Human Resources Management In The 21st Century.
  • , & . . Correlates of Managerial Preferences for Selected Salary Criteria.

Technical Report

  • , , & . . The State of the Art/Practice: Better, Faster, Smarter.

Research Reports

  • , , & . . People in Agile Organizations.
  • , , & . . The Effectiveness of Union-Management Safety and Health Committees.
  • , , , , & . . A Design and Methodology for Conducting Evaluation of a Quality of Work Program.
  • , , & . . A Survey of Local Union Leaders' and Members' Attitudes Toward Collective Bargaining and Issues Involving the Quality of Working Life.

Professional activities

  • Organizational Agility. Presented to CAHRS. ILR School, Cornell University. 2012.
  • Unit-level Satisfaction and Performance: Intervening Variables and Indirect Relationships. Presented to Academy of Management. Montreal, Canada. 2010.

Honors and Awards

  • Michael R. Losey HR Research Award, Society for Human Resource Management.
  • Herbert G. Heneman Career Achievement Award, Academy of Management.
  • Fellow, National Academy of Human Resources.
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