10.2190/IE.12.3.g AV525225X22J76L6 6 Strategic Human Resource Management and the Worker's Experience 265 282 20071017 20071017 20071017 20071017 AV525225X22J76L6.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=AV525225X22J76L6 3 Brad S. Long St. Francis Xavier University, Canada The relationship between strategic human resource management and various organizational outcomes has been the subject of much recent scholarly research. The literature was examined to uncover the various perspectives from which they are written. The argument presented is that a managerialist perspective dominates much of the existing research, which is consistent with its historical evolution. As a result, however, an understanding of how workers experience strategic human resource management is inherently limited by such approaches. Interpretive and critical perspectives in organizational analysis offer a richer appreciation of how workers may experience new work practices. Some implications from these insights for human resource researchers are presented.