The SAGE Handbook of Human Resource Management

Adrian Wilkinson

SAGE Publications, Nov 25, 2009 - Business & Economics - 592 pages

In the first collection of its kind, The SAGE Handbook of Human Resource Management brings together contributions from leading, international scholars in an accessible, comprehensive and influential collection that combines both global and interdisciplinary perspectives. An indispensable resource for advanced students and researchers in the field, the Handbook focuses on familiarizing the reader with the fundamentals of applied human resource management while contextualizing practice within wider theoretical considerations. Internationally minded chapters combine a critical overview with discussion of key debates and research, plus comprehensively dealing with important emerging interests.

Contents

• 1 Field of Human Resource Management: 3
• A Historical Perspective: 12
• 3 Models of Strategic Human Resource Management: 31
• 4 The Employment Relationship: 51
• 5 The Regulative Framework for HRM: 71
• Adaptations to Increasing Global Complexity: 84
• A Proposed ReConceptualization of the Role of the HR Function: 100
• 8 International and Comparative Human Resource Management: 115
• PART II Fundamentals of Human Resource Management: 133
• 9 Recruitment and Selection: 135
• 10 Training and Development in Organizations: 155
• 11 Management and Leadership Development: 173
• Supervisory and Employee Perspectives: 191
• 13 Compensation: 210
• 14 HRM and Equal Opportunities: 231
• 15 Involvement and Participation: 245
• Going Beyond the Job Characteristics Model: 269
• 17 Occupational Health and Safety in the Modern World of Work: 286
• 18 Industrial Relations and Collective Bargaining: 308
• 19 Discipline and Grievances: 322
• 20 Downsizing and Redundancy: 336
• PART III Contemporary Issues: 349
• Where Do We Go From Here?: 351
• 22 The Employee Experience of Work: 377
• 23 Human Resource Management in Developing Countries: 393
• 24 HRM and National Economic Performance: 407
• 25 Human Resource Management and the Resource Based View: 421
• Putting SelfOrganizing Emergence to Work: 438
• 27 Human Resource Management across Organizational Boundaries: 460
• 28 Ethics and HRM: 475
• 29 Working Time and WorkLife Balance: 490
• PART IV Sectoral Perspectives: 507
• 30 Human Resource Management in the Service Sector: 509
• Respecting and Regulating Informality: 524
• 32 HRM in Multinational Companies: 541
• 33 Human Resource Management in the Public Sector: 561
• Index: 578

About the author

Before joining Durham University Business School, Tom was Professor of Human Resource Management at the University of Sheffield. Prior to this he was Professor of HRM at the University of Teesside. Tom spent 10 years in industry in quality, production and HR management positions (mainly with Royal Worcester Porcelain) prior to re-entering academic life.

Scott A. Snell is professor of Business Administration at the Darden Graduate School of Business at the University of Virginia. During his career, Dr. Snell has taught courses in human resources management, principles of management, and strategic management to undergraduates, graduates, and executives. He is actively involved in executive education and serves as faculty director for Penn State's Strategic Leadership Program as well as faculty leader for programs in human resources, developing managerial effectiveness, and managing the global enterprise. In addition to his teaching duties, Dr. Snell serves as director of research for Penn State's Institute for the Study of Organizational Effectiveness. As an industry consultant, Professor Snell has worked with companies such as Arthur Andersen, AT&T, GE, IBM, and Shell Chemical to redesign human resources systems to cope with changes in the competitive environment. His specialization is the realignment of staffing, training, and reward systems to complement technology, quality, and other strategic initiatives. Recently, his work has centred on the development of human capital as a source of competitive advantage. Dr. Snell's research has been published in the Academy of Management Journal, Human Resource Management Review, Industrial Relations, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Management, Journal of Managerial Issues, Organizational Dynamics, Organizational Studies, Personnel Administrator, Strategic Management Journal, and Working Woman.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The SAGE Handbook of Human Resource Management
• Editor: Adrian Wilkinson
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, 2009
• ISBN: 141292829X, 9781412928298
• Length: 592 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Human Resources & Personnel Management