Integrated approaches to strategic human capital management in higher education institutions: theoretical evolution and modern concepts

Abstract

The article systematically reviews the evolution of theoretical thought on the strategic management of human capital in higher education institutions, from the classical human capital theory of T.Schultz, G.Becker and J.Mincer to strategic human resource management, the resource-based view, intellectual capital, talent management and dynamic capabilities, and periodises this evolution into six stages. Drawing on an integrative literature review together with historical-genetic and comparative analysis, the study assesses the fit of eight leading approaches to the university context and identifies seven features that distinguish universities from the corporate sector. The paper offers an author's definition of strategic human capital management in higher education, a four-level conceptual model built on the principles of vertical, horizontal, conversion and dynamic integration, and a set of indicators for its assessment.