1st Edition

Human Resource Management in Nonprofit Organizations

By Alina McCandless Baluch Copyright 2012
306 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

342 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

324 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Human resource management (HRM) can aid nonprofit organizations (NPOs) in facing uncertain, changing environments of funding pressures, increasing competition and demand for services as well as internal challenges. As the distinguishing features of NPOs can render the professionalization of HRM different from the private and public sectors, this book fills a gap in the literature by offering an... Read more

1. Introduction  2. Change and HRM in NPOs  3. Applying the Dynamic Capabilities Approach to Understand Change in NPOs  4. Research Methods  5. Multiple Case Study  6. Discussion, Conclusions and Implications for the Alteration of HRM in NPOs

Biography

Alina McCandless Baluch received her doctorate from the Faculty of Economics and Management at the Leibniz University of Hannover, where she is a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute of Human Resource Management. Her research focuses on organizational learning, change and human resource management in nonprofit organizations. She has published in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly and Research Methodology in Strategy and Management.

"There are many strengths to this volume: the European context; the case study evidence drawn from a diverse range of nonprofit organizations; and the specific focus on HRM as a discipline rather than a passing reference to ‘people management’ made in many Strategic Management texts."Gillian Kellock, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK