
Contemporary Human Resource Management
Text and Cases
SAGE Publications Ltd (Publisher)
6th Edition
Published on 2. June 2021
Book
Hardback
632 pages
978-1-5297-5826-9 (ISBN)
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Description
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:
HRM in SMEs
The Future of Work
Employee Wellbeing
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:
HRM in SMEs
The Future of Work
Employee Wellbeing
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Edition
6th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
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Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
Weight
1515 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5297-5826-9 (9781529758269)
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Persons
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. Tony's 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).
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. Tony's 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).
Content
PART 1 FUNDAMENTALS OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 1 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: A CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVE
CHAPTER 2 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE: IN SEARCH OF THE HR ADVANTAGE
CHAPTER 3 RECRUITMENT
CHAPTER 4 SELECTION
CHAPTER 5 TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 6 REWARD MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 7 PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL
CHAPTER 8 EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
PART 2 CONTEMPORARY THEMES AND ISSUES
CHAPTER 9 INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT- HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS, MODELS, POLICIES AND PRACTICES IN MNCs
CHAPTER 10 COMPARATIVE HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 11 MANAGING DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
CHAPTER 12 DOWNSIZING
CHAPTER 13 THE CHALLENGE OF CHANGE MANAGEMENT AND THE ROLE OF HRM
CHAPTER 14 EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT AND PARTICIPATION
CHAPTER 15 EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
CHAPTER 16 EMPLOYMENT ETHICS
CHAPTER 17 EMOTION AT WORK
CHAPTER 18 FLEXIBILITY
CHAPTER 19 WELL-BEING
CHAPTER 20 HRM IN SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES
CHAPTER 21 HUMAN RESOURCE ANALYTICS
CHAPTER 22 HRM AND TECHNOLOGY: FROM SOCIO-TECHNICAL SYSTEMS TO SOCIAL MEDIA
CHAPTER 23 TALENT MANAGEMENT: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
CHAPTER 24 THE FUTURE OF WORK: FACING THE CHALLENGES OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES, CLIMATE CHANGE AND AGEING
CHAPTER 1 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: A CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVE
CHAPTER 2 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE: IN SEARCH OF THE HR ADVANTAGE
CHAPTER 3 RECRUITMENT
CHAPTER 4 SELECTION
CHAPTER 5 TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 6 REWARD MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 7 PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL
CHAPTER 8 EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
PART 2 CONTEMPORARY THEMES AND ISSUES
CHAPTER 9 INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT- HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS, MODELS, POLICIES AND PRACTICES IN MNCs
CHAPTER 10 COMPARATIVE HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 11 MANAGING DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
CHAPTER 12 DOWNSIZING
CHAPTER 13 THE CHALLENGE OF CHANGE MANAGEMENT AND THE ROLE OF HRM
CHAPTER 14 EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT AND PARTICIPATION
CHAPTER 15 EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
CHAPTER 16 EMPLOYMENT ETHICS
CHAPTER 17 EMOTION AT WORK
CHAPTER 18 FLEXIBILITY
CHAPTER 19 WELL-BEING
CHAPTER 20 HRM IN SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES
CHAPTER 21 HUMAN RESOURCE ANALYTICS
CHAPTER 22 HRM AND TECHNOLOGY: FROM SOCIO-TECHNICAL SYSTEMS TO SOCIAL MEDIA
CHAPTER 23 TALENT MANAGEMENT: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
CHAPTER 24 THE FUTURE OF WORK: FACING THE CHALLENGES OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES, CLIMATE CHANGE AND AGEING