# Pedagogical implications of pragmatic HRM research

## TL;DR

This paper discusses how human resource management theory and practice should be closely linked in teaching research methods to better prepare students for real-world applications.

## Contribution

The paper introduces a collaborative model for HRM research that emphasizes the integration of theory and practice in pedagogy.

## Key findings

- HRM theory and practice are intrinsically linked and should be central to research methods pedagogy.
- Teaching should emphasize institutional and societal contexts to develop scholars who bridge researchers and practitioners.
- A collaborative model is proposed to enhance HRM research and its teaching in academic settings.

## Abstract

This chapter examines the interplay between human resource management theory and human resource management practice. It advocates that effective human resource management practice and theory are intrinsically intertwined, and this indispensable link ought to be central to the pedagogy of management research methods. Through greater embeddedness of the institutional and societal context in research method teaching, students can develop as scholars who understand their roles as facilitators of dialogue between researchers and a significant part of their audience (practitioners). The chapter conceptualizes this perspective as a collaborative model in human resource management research, which then must hold centrality in the teaching of research methods in our university and college classrooms.