Introduction: current and future directions for strategic human resource management in health care / Myron D. Fottler, Naresh Khatri, & Grant T. Savage -- Commitment-based management practices and high performance: the case of Pfizer's Loughbeg Tablet Plant / Mitchell P.V. Glavin & Jon A. Chilingerian -- High involvement work practices and social capital formation: examining the role of strategic orientation in nursing homes / Kent Rondeau & Terry H. Wagar -- Managing motivation among health care professionals / Katharina Janus -- Lead for demand and lag for supply: the use of pay level to predict hospital performance / Mark P. Brown, Jonathon R.B. Halbesleben, & Anthony R. Wheeler -- Safety culture as a contemporary healthcare construct: theoretical review, research assessment, and translation to human resource management / Patrick A. Palmieri, Lori T. Peterson, Bryan J. Pesta, Michel A. Flit, & David M. Saettone -- Human resource implications of low-cost disruptive innovation in health care: the case of retail clinics / Myron Fottler & Donna Malvey -- Overcoming the unintended adverse consequences of implementing health IT through human resource and knowledge management / Pavani Rangachari -- The crucial role of people and information in health care organizations / Naresh Khatri, Kalyan Pasupathy, & Lanis L. Hicks.