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Chapter 3 60 In conclusion, bathtub models and OMA can add value on many HRM themes, allowing an investigation of research questions that were previously hard to examine. The methods can stimulate the quality of decision-making either by offering a different analytical approach to the issue at hand, or by working in synergy with each other and more traditional HRMmethodology. Bathtub modeling and OMA are just two examples of methods that are common in other research fields and can benefit the HRM community. We hope that, by demonstrating how these specific methods add value in analyzing the new forms of HRM data, HRM researchers and practitioners become more open to methodological developments in- and outside the field of HRM. In the end, alternative methodology can offer a different perspective and facilitate improved, more objective decision-making regarding human capital.