Table of Contents

1: Peter Boxall, John Purcell, and Pat Wright: Human Resource Management: Scope, Analysis, and Significance
Part I: Foundations and Frameworks
2: Bruce Kaufman: The Development of Human Resource Management in Historical and International Perspective
3: Peter Boxall: The Goals of HRM
4: Damian Grimshaw and Jill Rubery: Economics and Human Resource Management
5: Matthew Allen and Pat Wright: Strategic Management and HRM
6: Tony Watson: Organizational Theory and HRM
7: David Guest: Human resource management and the worker: towards a new psychological contract?
8: Paul Thompson and Bill Harley: HRM and the Worker: Labour Process Perspectives
9: Jaap Paauwe and Paul Boselie: HRM and Societal Embeddedness
Part 2: Core Processes and Functions
10: Sharon Parker and John Cordery: Work Organization
11: David Lepak and Scott Snell: Employment sub-systems and the 'HR architecture'
12: Mick Marchington: Employee Voice Systems
13: Ellen Kossek and Shaun Pichler: EEO and the Management of Diversity
14: Marc Orlitzky: Recruitment Strategy
15: Neal Schmitt and Brian Kim: Selection Decision-Making
16: Jonathan Winterton: Training, Development and Competency
17: James Guthrie: Renumeration: Pay Effects at Work
18: Gary Latham, Lorne Sulsky, and Heather MacDonald: Performance Management
Part 3: Patterns and Dynamics
19: Sven Kepes and John Delery: HRM Systems and the Problem of Internal Fit
20: Rick Delbridge: HRM and Contemporary Manufacturing
21: Rosemary Batt: Service Strategies: Marketing, Operations, and Human Resource Practices
22: Juani Swart: HRM and Knowledge Workers
23: Stephen Bach and Ian Kessler: HRM and the New Public Management
24: Bill Cooke: Multinational Companies and Global HR Strategy
25: Helen De Cieri: Transnational Firms and Cultural Diversity
Part 4: Measurement and Outcomes
26: John Purcell and Nick Kinnie: HRM and Business Performance
27: Barry Gerhart: Modeling Human Resource Management and Performance Linkages
28: Stephen Wood and Lilian de Menezes: Family-friendly, Equal Opportunity and High-involvement Management in Britain
29: Tom Kochan: Social Legitimacy of the Human Resource Management Profession: A U.S. Perspective

Reviews

`This excellent Handbook provides a valuable insight into the main issues that currently preoccupy the field of human resource management ... the book is remarkable. It contains many first-rate chapters written by leading authorities.'
British Journal of Industrial Relations
`...a superb collection of up-to-date chapters on the evolving subject of HRM... it debates the ideas of HRM viewed through numerous academic disciplines... the chapters offer a comprehensive investigation of HRM and a much needed discussion of how it contributes to organisational performance.'
Industrial Relations Journal
`Many contributors go beyond the usual remit of summarizing theory and research as it currently exists and contribute new theoretical insights and directions.'
Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations
`This is a sophisticated and scholarly volume. It provides an excellent overview of HRM for those seeking to learn more about the field and a valuable resource for those teaching or researching in the area.'
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