Focus section guest editorial: Methodological advances in HR research

Abstract

The aim of this focus section is to promote creative scholarship and scientific progress in HR research by encouraging the use of research methods that are aligned with HR issues in the real world. Advanced research methods such as diary studies, intersectionality, big data analytics (BDA) and other advanced, methodological settings (adopted/derived from other social science disciplines) have become well established in fields such as organizational behavior, sociology of work, psychology and labor economics, but they have not yet diffused widely into HR research.

Keywords: Creative scholarship, Intersectionality, Systemic inequality, methodological advancement