The Oxford Handbook of Human Resource Management

by Boxall, Peter; Purcell, John; Wright, Patrick

• ISBN13: 9780199547029
• ISBN10: 0199547025
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-08-15
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

HRM is central to management teaching and research, and has emerged in the last decade as a significant field from its earlier roots in Personnel Management, Industrial Relations, and Industrial Psychology. People Management and High Performance teams have become key functions and goals for manager at all levels in organizations. The Oxford Handbook brings together leading scholars from around the world - and from a range of disciplines - to provide an authoritative account of current trends and developments. The Handbook is divided into four parts: * Foundations and Frameworks, * Core Processes and Functions, * Patterns and Dynamics, * Measurement and Outcomes. Overall it will provide an essential resource for anybody who wants to get to grips with current thinking, research, and development on HRM.

Table of Contents

Human Resource Management: Scope, Analysis, and Significance

Foundations and Frameworks

The Development of Human Resource Management in Historical and International Perspective

The Goals of HRM

Economics and Human Resource Management

Strategic Management and HRM

Organizational Theory and HRM

Human resource management and the worker: towards a new psychological contract?

HRM and the Worker: Labour Process Perspectives

HRM and Societal Embeddedness

Core Processes and Functions

Work Organization

Employment sub-systems and the 'HR architecture'

Employee Voice Systems

EEO and the Management of Diversity

Recruitment Strategy

Selection Decision-Making

Training, Development and Competency

Renumeration: Pay Effects at Work

Performance Management

Patterns and Dynamics

HRM Systems and the Problem of Internal Fit

HRM and Contemporary Manufacturing

Service Strategies: Marketing, Operations, and Human Resource Practices

HRM and Knowledge Workers

HRM and the New Public Management

Multinational Companies and Global HR Strategy

Transnational Firms and Cultural Diversity

Measurement and Outcomes

HRM and Business Performance

Modeling Human Resource Management and Performance Linkages

Family-friendly, Equal Opportunity and High-involvement Management in Britain

Social Legitimacy of the Human Resource Management Profession: A U.S. Perspective

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