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The Practice o f Strategic Human Resource Management has become more
important to strategic management, largely as a result o f its role in
providing com petitive advantage and the rush to competitiveness. Existing
literature reveals that it is critical to address the research issue o f why the
practice o f SHRM should integrate with Organizational Strategy Process.
The objective o f this study way to fin d out reasons fo r why the practice o f
SHRM should integrate with Organizational Strategy Process from the
viewpoints o f C hief Executive Officers and Heads o f Human Resource o f
Sri Lankan Listed Companies. Qualitative approach was used and the
research strategy o f this study was descriptive. In order to select the
respondents the purposive sampling technique was used. Semi-structured
interviews were conducted in order to explore the existing uncovered
realities. Heads o f HR and CEOs o f 20 organizations were interviewed and
the data were analyzed through thematic analysis. Initially five themes
were identified and later refinement produced fo u r themes. These are
original contributions to the Sri Lankan SHRM Literature. The findings o f the study help fill the existing knowledge gap and provide some practical
implications fo r professionals on SHRM practices in the Sri Lankan
context.
