Human Resource Management Books

New and Published Books

1. Continuing Professional Development

   By Andrew Friedman

   Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is the means by which the professions across the world ensure that their knowledge and skills remain up to date and relevant to changing needs and environments. CPD significantly contributes to the quality and reputation of the professions and therefore to...

   Published December 30th 2012 by Routledge
2. Trends and Issues in Action Learning Practice

   Lessons from South Korea

   By Yonjoo Cho, Hyeon-Cheol Bong

   Dynamic workplaces demand continuous employee learning and development to keep up with current and effective organizational contexts. Action learning is among the most widely used and effective interventions for leadership and organizational development around the world. This timely book provides...

   Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
3. 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 December 14th 2012 by Routledge
4. Law and Fair Work in China

   By Sean Cooney, Sarah Biddulph, Ying Zhu

   Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

   China’s economic reforms have brought the country both major international clout and widespread domestic prosperity. At the same time, the reforms have led to significant social upheaval, particularly manifest in labour relations. Each year, several thousand disputes break out over working...

   Published December 11th 2012 by Routledge
5. Gender and Leadership in Unions: Kirton

   By Gill Kirton, Geraldine Healy

   Series: Routledge Research in Employment Relations

   Reflecting the increased attention to gender and women in the field of employment relations, there is now a growing international literature on women and trade unions. The interest in women as trade unionists arises partly from the fact that women comprise 40 percent of trade union membership in...

   Published December 6th 2012 by Routledge
6. Human Resource Management for the Hospitality and Tourism Industries

   2nd Edition

   By Dennis Nickson

   Human Resource Management for the Hospitality and Tourism Industries 2nd Edition, takes an integrated look at HRM policies and practices in the tourism and hospitality industries. Utilising existing human resource management (HRM) theory and practice, it contextualises it to the tourism and...

   Published December 3rd 2012 by Routledge
7. Manager-Subordinate Trust

   A Global Perspective

   Edited by Pablo Cardona, Michael J. Morley

   Series: Global HRM

   This volume in the Routledge Global Human Resource Management Series is dedicated to analyzing the process of trust development between managers and subordinates in different countries of the main cultures of the world. Behaviors and trust are linked in a process that can reinforce or diminish the...

   Published November 28th 2012 by Routledge
8. Careers without Borders

   Critical Perspectives

   Edited by Cristina Reis, Yehuda Baruch

   Careers without Borders analyzes the challenges, debates and developments in global careers using a critical management perspective. Starting in the early nineties, the flow of information became more fluid, and with this, managers and professionals started operating across borders, crossing...

   Published November 28th 2012 by Routledge
9. Our Racist Heart?

   An Exploration of Unconscious Prejudice in Everyday Life

   By Geoffrey Beattie

   Few people today would admit to being a racist, or to making assumptions about individuals based on their skin colour, or on their gender or social class. In this book, leading psychologist Geoffrey Beattie asks if prejudice, more subtle than before, is still a major part of our everyday lives....

   Published November 27th 2012 by Routledge
10. Organizations and Working Time Standards

    A Comparison of Negotiations in Europe

    By Jens Thoemmes

    Series: Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies

    Collective bargaining between employers and trade unions has profoundly changed working conditions in companies around the globe. But why do we start work at the age of 10, 16, 18 or 24? Why do we work 6, 8, 10 or more hours a day? These questions are becoming increasingly pertinent as working...

    Published November 27th 2012 by Routledge