Walden University ScholarWorks Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies Collection 2018 Human Resource Management Strategies for Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprise Project Success Armstrong Matthew Alexis Walden University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations Part of the Business Commons This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies Collection at ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Walden University College of Management and Technology This is to certify that the doctoral study by Armstrong M. Alexis has been found to be complete and satisfactory in all respects, and that any and all revisions required by the review committee have been made. Review Committee Dr. Dorothy Hanson, Committee Chairperson, Doctor of Business Administration Faculty Dr. Teresa Jepma, Committee Member, Doctor of Business Administration Faculty Dr. Matthew Knight, University Reviewer, Doctor of Business Administration Faculty Chief Academic Officer Eric Riedel, Ph.D. Walden University 2018 Abstract Human Resource Management Strategies for Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprise Project Success by Armstrong M. Alexis MBA, Durham University, 2008 MS, University of the West Indies, 1997 BS, University of the West Indies, 1995 Doctoral Study Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Business Administration Walden University December 2018 Abstract Critical success factors that contribute to project success in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have received insufficient attention in research. Guided by the goal- setting conceptual framework, the purpose of this multiple case study was to explore the human resource management (HRM) strategies used by owners of SMEs to achieve project success.