The Development of Human Resource Management Across Nations: Unity and Diversity - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0857932985 ISBN 13: 9780857932983

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2014

Synopsis

This innovative book describes the historical development of human resource management (HRM) in seventeen countries around the world. The chapters, written by national experts, describe the origin of HRM in the late 19th - early 20th century and its evolution and development as a business practice to the present day.

Offering a comprehensive cross-disciplinary perspective, the chapters discuss the economic, political and social factors that shaped HRM in each country, including the role of national labor movements and labor law regimes. The authors also provide an examination of HR practices and systems within firms, starting with rudimentary hiring and compensation a century ago, progressing to personnel and industrial relations programs in the last century, and culminating in modern human resource management practices today, including strategic high-performance systems. This unique book is the first to identify the commonalities and differences in HRM both across nations and over time.

A book with real international appeal, The Development of Human Resource Management Across Nations will interest researchers, students and practitioners involved with management, industrial relations, labor economics, organizational behavior and employment law.

Contributors: C. Aldao-Zapiola, A. Camuffo, L. Chen, G. Costa, L. Gonãs, H. Gospel, Z. Guimarães Horta, I. Gurkov, I. Harpaz, B.E. Kaufman, P. Larson, Y-M. Lee, M. Meyer, E. Morgunov, J. Rojot, R. Rosenberger, A. Settles, J.S. Sodhi, Z. Su, L. Tüzüner, J-W. Woo, C. Wright, O. Zelenova, X. Zeng

About this title

About the Author

Edited by Bruce E. Kaufman, Alumni Distinguished Professor of Economics, Georgia State University, Atlanta GA, US and Senior Research Fellow, Department of Human Resources & Employment Relations, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0857932985
• ISBN 13: 9780857932983
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 520
• Editor: Kaufman Bruce E.