Human Resource Management Books

New and Published Books

1. Professional HR

   Evidence- Based People Management and Development

   By Paul Kearns

   A new breed of HR Professional is needed who can offer the sort of effective people management that can change the way organizations work. They will first have to resolve the legacy left by an absence of professionalism in people management amongst both operational managers and the HR departments...

   Published April 4th 2013 by Routledge
2. Whither Chinese HRM?

   Paradigms, Models and Theories

   Edited by Malcolm Warner

   This symposium explores Chinese people-management as an academic subject, looking at where it is currently going and the likely direction of its progress. After the economic reforms introduced by Deng Xiaoping in 1978, China saw the introduction of Human Resource Management (HRM). This book...

   Published April 4th 2013 by Routledge
3. Voice and Involvement at Work

   Experience with Non-Union Representation

   Edited by Paul Gollan, Bruce Kaufman, Daphne Taras, Adrian Wilkinson

   Series: Routledge Research in Employment Relations

   Nonunion employee representation (NER) has become a much discussed topic in the last decade in the fields of human resource management, employment relations, and employment/labor law. Two reasons account for this. The first is the long-term and cumulatively substantial decline in trade union...

   Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
4. Recession at Work

   HRM in the Irish Crisis

   By Bill Roche, Paul Teague, Anne Coughlan, Majella Fahy

   Series: Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies

   How has the recession affected the conduct of human resource management? How have HR departments and managers fared? Have leading firms taken measures to sustain and revive their businesses through innovative HR measures? How have union representation and influence been affected? Is the recession...

   Published March 26th 2013 by Routledge
5. Handbook of Test Security

   Edited by James A. Wollack, John J. Fremer

   High stakes tests are the gatekeepers to many educational and professional goals. As such, the incentive to cheat is high. This Handbook is the first to offer insights from experts within the testing community, psychometricians, and policymakers to identify and develop best practice guidelines for...

   Published March 25th 2013 by Routledge
6. International Human Resource Management in Chinese Multinationals

   Edited by Jie Shen, Vincent Edwards

   Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

   The authors explore the degree to which Chinese multinationals have a distinctive 'Chinese' approach to human resource management, in the same way as large Japanese companies are widely regarded as having a special Japanese approach. Based on extensive original research in the subsidiaries of...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
7. Chance or Choice

   Unlocking Innovation Success

   By Greg McLaughlin, Vinny Caraballo

   Twenty-first century advances in technology, transportation, and business models have enabled companies of all sizes to enter markets once thought to be the exclusive domain of giant enterprises. In this environment, innovation has emerged as the competitive differentiator that will propel...

   Published March 13th 2013 by Productivity Press
8. Creating a Coaching Culture for Managers in Your Organisation

   Edited by Dawn Forman, Mary Joyce, Gladeana McMahon

   Series: Essential Coaching Skills and Knowledge

   Creating a Coaching Culture for Managers in your Organisation is for managers leaders and coaches interested in extending the practice of coaching to achieve broader organisational outcomes. The book offers a practical approach on how to use coaching strategically to create a culture that supports...

   Published March 11th 2013 by Routledge
9. Renewing International Labour Studies

   Edited by Marcus Taylor

   Series: ThirdWorlds

   This volume seeks to re-energise the paradigm of the New International Labour Studies by detailing how struggles over the construction, reproduction, utilisation and restructuring of labour forces are the contested social foundations upon which the global economy stands. Through a combination of...

   Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge
10. China's Changing Workplace

    Dynamism, diversity and disparity

    Edited by Peter Sheldon, Sunghoon Kim, Yiqiong Li, Malcolm Warner

    Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

    This book explores the diversity and dynamism of China’s workplaces and of the wider labour market experiences of its workforce. Drawing on the authors’ extensive recent research, it considers a diverse range of issues and types of workplaces. These changes include: the continuing spread of...

    Published March 4th 2013 by Routledge