Written by experts in the field, this well-established book provides a critical and academically rigorous exploration of the key functions, practices and issues in HRM today.
The first part of Contemporary Human Resource Management covers fundamental HRM practices while the second half examines contemporary themes and issues such as work-place bullying, flexibility and emotion at work. Each chapter contains two thought-provoking case studies, encouraging readers to identify, examine and apply key concepts to real-world examples.
This substantially revised sixth edition includes three completely new chapters and case studies on:
Written by experts in the field, this well-established book covers the core fundamentals of HRM and examines contemporary issues such as work-place bullying, flexibility and emotion at work.
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Contributors |
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Acknowledgements |
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Case Studies |
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Online Resources |
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Part 1 Fundamentals of Human Resource Management |
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1 Human Resource Management: A Contemporary Perspective |
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2 Human Resource Management and Organisational Performance: In Search of the HR Advantage |
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5 Training and Development |
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Part 2 Contemporary Themes and Issues |
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9 International Human Resource Management-Historical Developments, Models, Policies and Practices In MNCs |
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10 Comparative Human Resource Management |
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11 Managing Diversity and Inclusion |
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299 | (21) |
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13 The Challenge of Change Management and the Role of HRM |
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14 Employee Involvement and Participation |
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16 Ethics and Human Resource Management |
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20 HRM In Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises |
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21 Human Resource Analytics |
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22 HRM and Technology: From Socio-Technical Systems to Social Media |
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23 Talent Management: Contemporary Issues |
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24 The Future of Work: Facing the Challenges of New Technologies, Climate Change and Ageing |
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Adrian Wilkinson is Professor at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia and is Visiting Professor at the University of Sheffield and an Academic Fellow at the Centre for International Human Resource Management at the Judge Institute, University of Cambridge. Adrian has authored, co-authored and edited some 30 books, over 150 articles in refereed journals and numerous book chapters. Recent books (with co-authors): The Oxford Handbook of Management (OUP, 2017), A very short, fairly interesting and reasonably cheap book about employment relations (Sage, 2017), The Routledge Companion to Employment Relations (Routledge, 2018), The Sage Handbook of Human Resource Management (Sage, 2019), The Future of Work and Employment (Elgar, 2020), Case Studies in Work, Employment and Human Resource Management (Elgar, 2020) and the Handbook of Research on Employee Voice (Elgar, 2020.)
He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development in the UK and a Fellow of the Australian Human Resource Institute. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences.
Tony Dundon is Professor of Human Resource Management and Employment Relations at the Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, Ireland; and Visiting Professor at the Work & Equalities Institute (WEI), Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK; and a Visiting Honorary Professor at University of St Andrews Management School. Tonys research areas include employment relations, human resource management and organisational performance, employee voice and trade union organising. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS), former Chief Examiner for the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), Consulting Editor for the International Journal of Management Reviews (IJMR) and International Advisory Board Member of Work, Employment and Society (WES). Tony has held visiting positions at Sydney University; Deakin University, Melbourne; Toulouse Business School, France; and Queensland University of Technology. His books include Understanding Employment Relations, (2nd edition, McGraw Hill, 2011); A very short, fairly interesting and reasonably cheap book about employment relations (Sage, 2017), The Routledge Companion to Employment Relations (Routledge, 2018), Case Studies in Work, Employment and Human Resource Management (Elgar, 2020), and Handbook of Research on Employee Voice (2nd edition, Edward Elgar, 2020).