Critical Issues in Human Resource Management

Contemporary Perspectives

Ian Roper, Rea Prouska, Uracha Chatrakul Na Ayudhya

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN:
  9781137605412
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781137605429
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Human Resource Management
• Index: Business

By problematising core HR topics and presenting significant new developments in the field, this engaging textbook will enable students to develop a nuanced and critical approach to HRM. It integrates students' understanding of the key operational aspects of HRM with the wider institutional, social, political and economic contexts in which they occur, covering important and emerging topics such as intersectionality, wellbeing, international migration, globalisation and corporate governance. Theoretically-rigorous and rich in pedagogy, this textbook will hone students' critical thinking skills, allowing them to confront higher level problems faced in HR and deal with complex real-world HR situations. A range of topical international case studies – ranging from iPhone factories in China to contemporary US politics – places HR issues in a comparative, global context. This is an essential textbook for upper-undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA students studying contemporary or critical issues in HRM. It can also be used as a supplementary text by those wanting to deepen their knowledge of HRM and by practitioners keen to understand how core HRM topics intersect with wider contemporary and global issues.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• List of Figures and Tables
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• List of Abbreviations
• Note on Contributors
• 1. INTRODUCTION
• 2. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND HRM
• 3. GLOBAL POLITICAL ECONOMY AND HRM WITHIN GLOBAL TURBULENCE
• 4. POLITICS, THE REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT AND HRM
• 5. INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION, LABOUR MOBILITY AND HRM
• 6.THE NATURE, EFFICACY AND REALISATION OF HR STRATEGY
• 7. CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE HR PROFESSIONAL AS INTERNAL CONSULTANT
• 8. GLOBALISATION, HRM AND THE CASE OF OFFSHORING
• 9 EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS, INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORK AGREEMENTS AND GLOBAL UNIONS
• 10. CRITICALLY EXPLORING THE HRM PERFORMANCE LINK
• 11. CRITICAL ISSUES IN LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT
• 12. LEADERSHIP FROM A CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE
• 13. CRITICAL ISSUES IN REWARD MANAGEMENT
• 14. EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INTERSECTIONALITY IN THE WORKPLACE
• 15. WELL-BEING AND RESILIENCE IN THE WORKPLACE
• 16. COMPARING UNIVERSALISTS, CULTURALISTS AND INSTITUTIONALISTS IN INTERNATIONAL HRM
• 17. MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES AND HRM
• 18. HRM IN SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES
• INDEX