Purpose Understanding occupational boundaries is vital in the contemporary economy, in which knowledge-based work is a central feature. The purpose of this paper is to identify and decipher boundary work which affects the cooperation and demarcation between human resource (HR) managers and external organization development (OD) practitioners during organization change processes. Design/methodology/approach Data are based on in-depth interviews with HR managers and external OD practitioners in the Israeli business sector. Findings Encounters between HR managers and external OD practitioners are potentially volatile given mutual experiences of occupational threat. Three distinct patterns of boundary work for negotiating OD-HR jurisdiction are identified. These yield differential occupational and organizational outcomes. Research limitations/implications This study is based on a medium-sized sample of practitioners of HRM and OD in the Israeli business sector. The data focused on one-sided descriptions of occupational relations. Practical implications The findings shed light on boundary work associated with fruitful HRM-OD partnerships. This may greatly advance the success of costly organization change and development interventions which demand the collaboration of both parties. Implications are offered regarding the academic education and practical daily management of both groups of practitioners. Originality/value Despite their growing relevance, empirical investigations of daily HRM-OD interfaces are scarce. This exploratory research addresses this gap in the literature and offers theoretical and practical insights.

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分开我们站立吗？人力资源经理和外部组织发展从业者之间的职业边界工作

目的了解职业界限在现代经济中至关重要，在现代经济中，以知识为基础的工作是其主要特征。本文的目的是识别和破译在组织变更过程中影响人力资源经理与外部组织发展从业人员之间合作与分界的边界工作。设计/方法/方法数据基于对以色列商业部门的人力资源经理和外部OD从业人员的深入采访。考虑到相互之间的职业威胁经验，人力资源经理与外部OD执业人员之间的遭遇可能会很不稳定。确定了OD-HR管辖权谈判的三种边界工作模式。这些产生不同的职业和组织成果。研究的局限性/含意本研究基于以色列商业领域HRM和OD的从业人员的中型样本。数据侧重于对职业关系的单方面描述。实际意义该发现揭示了与卓有成效的HRM-OD合作伙伴关系相关的边界工作。这可以极大地促进需要双方合作的代价高昂的组织变革和发展干预措施的成功。这对两组从业者的学术教育和实际日常管理都具有一定的意义。独创性/价值尽管它们之间的相关性越来越高，但对日常HRM-OD接口的实证研究却很少。这项探索性研究解决了文献中的这一空白，并提供了理论和实践见解。