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, 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.

About this title

About the Author:

Edited by Keith Townsend, Professor of Human Resource Management and Employment Relations, Griffith University, Australia, Kenneth Cafferkey, Associate Professor of Human Capital, Taylor’s University, Malaysia, Aoife M. McDermott, Professor of Human Resource Management, Cardiff Business School, UK and Tony Dundon, Professor of HRM and Employment Relations, Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, Ireland and Visiting Professor, Work and Equalities Institute, University of Manchester, UK

About this edition

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