Abstract:

Human resource management (HRM) is a key management tool used primarily to increase efficiency and effectiveness, grow, improve services and cope with possible crises depending on the efforts of organizations to reach their goals. However, the fact that organizations are exposed to intense competition and environmental challenges, and the understanding of the importance of human capital in production and its fundamental role in organizational efficiency has necessitated the strategic management of human resources for almost every organization. Therefore, the current study suggests that it has a critical significance to manage human capital within the framework of strategic human resources management (strategic HRM), in contrast to the traditional human resources management (HRM) approach, to adapt to the changing business world caused by the intensely competitive environment. In this sense, since there are many quantitative studies on strategic HRM in the related literature and the limited number of qualitative studies, it was used the phenomenology design, one of the qualitative research methods, in this study. In addition to that, an in-depth interview was held with an HR professional determined by the criterion sampling method. The data obtained from the interview were analyzed through the “NVivo 12” qualitative analysis program and the themes were determined via the content and descriptive analysis. As a result of the analysis, it was seen that the HR professional emphasized the themes of strategic HRM, trust and engagement, internal communication, and neuro HRM, respectively. It was expected that the current study contributes to the literature and practitioners due to the limited number of qualitative studies on strategic HRM practices in the Turkish literature and sharing experiences and opinions of HR professionals.

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