Elgar Introduction to Theories of Human Resources and Employment Relations (Elgar Introductions to Management and Organization Theory series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 178643900X ISBN 13: 9781786439000

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2019

Synopsis

This Elgar Introduction provides an overview of some of the key theories that inform human resource management and employment relations as a field of study.

Leading scholars in the field explore theories in the context of contemporary debates concerning policies that affect and regulate work and the management of employment, as well as the activities and experiences of actors within the employment relationship. The book is divided into three sections to capture different theoretical lenses used to reflect on HRM and ER concerns about work: systems and historical development; institutions; and people and processes. Expert contributors have drawn on extensive research experience to present a contemporary understanding of a range of theories, how they evolved, and how they might be used in the future.

Essential reading for HRM, ER and management scholars and research students, this book challenges readers to reassess their thinking about the significance of theory in research and practice.

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About the Author

Edited by Keith Townsend, Professor of Human Resources and Employment Relations, Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing, Griffith University, Australia, Kenneth Cafferkey, Associate Professor of HRM, Sunway University Business School, Malaysia, Aoife M. McDermott, Professor of Human Resource Management, Aston University, UK, Visiting Scholar, University of California, Berkeley, US and Adjunct Professor, Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing, Griffith University, Australia and Tony Dundon, Professor of Employment Relations and Human Resource Management, University of Limerick, Ireland and the Work and Equalities Institute, University of Manchester, UK

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 178643900X
• ISBN 13: 9781786439000
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 392
• Editor: Townsend Keith, Cafferkey Kenneth, McDermott Aoife M., Dundon Tony