Evidence-Based HR

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Strong Foundations: EBHR

Published in 2023 this research provides a stock take of where we are now with EBHR, seeking the views and perspectives of HR professionals, the role of people analytics within EBHR and some suggestions for how to strengthen EBHR practice.

EBHR: A New Paradigm

How can HR professionals and functions become more evidence-based? A range of practical resources and detailed guidance, including a model, methodology and key principles for practitioners.

CRF published Evidence-based HR: From Fads to Facts? in 2011. That report examined what was then the relatively new idea of EBHR to better understand its meaning and relevance to the HR profession. The concept was discussed with a range of HR professionals and academics who first advocated its adoption.

There is no doubt that the HR function has changed significantly over the past decade. Business stakeholders have become more demanding of HR and HR has become more prominent as an internal function. Technology and the proliferation of HR analytics have played a particularly prominent role in reshaping the function.

Over the last decade, EBHR has developed in various ways, although there is still significant scope for further progression. CRF therefore decided to revisit the topic by producing two new reports. The first published in 2023 and titled: Strong Foundations: Evidence-Based HR provides a stock take of where we are now by examining what changed since 2011, seeking the new views and perspectives of HR professionals, exploring the role of people analytics within EBHR and providing some initial suggestions for how strengthening EBHR practice.

The second report, published in January 2024 considers how HR professionals and HR functions can become more evidence-based by providing a range of practical resources and detailed guidance, including a model, methodology and key principles for practitioners to use.

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EBHR Toolkit

We asked what would help HR get better at doing EBHR. The most common suggestion was the provision of simple and practical guidance which HR teams can pick up and immediately use. This is exactly what this Toolkit sets out to do…

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