Human Resource Management and Evolutionary Psychology: Exploring the Biological Foundations of Managing People at Work (Elgar Footprints in Human Resource Management and Employment Relations series)

"Answering pressing questions regarding employee selection and mobbing culture in the workplace, Andrew R. Timming explores the unique intersection of the biological sciences and human resource management. With a rich set of theoretical and empirical chapters, the author shines an innovative light on the fields of human resource management, organizational behavior and evolutionary psychology, engaging with the nature vs. nurture debate as well as offering a ground-breaking explanation for workplace bullying, unconscious bias, and employee selection decision-making. At times poignant and controversial, the book illustrates the dark side of human nature, with a unique focus on our primordial instincts. An excellent exploration into an emerging area, this Footprint will be ideal for human resource management and organizational behavior academics, as well as those interested in applied evolutionary, social, organizational, and experimental psychology."--Site web de l'éditeur "Answering pressing questions regarding employee selection and mobbing culture in the workplace, Andrew R. Timming explores the unique intersection of the biological sciences and human resource management. With a rich set of theoretical and empirical chapters, the author shines an innovative light on the fields of human resource management, organizational behavior and evolutionary psychology, engaging with the nature vs. nurture debate as well as offering a ground-breaking explanation for workplace bullying, unconscious bias, and employee selection decision-making. At times poignant and controversial, the book illustrates the dark side of human nature, with a unique focus on our primordial instincts. An excellent exploration into an emerging area, this Footprint will be ideal for human resource management and organizational behavior academics, as well as those interested in applied evolutionary, social, organizational, and experimental psychology."--Site web de l'éditeur Front Matter 2 Copyright 5 Contents 8 About the author 9 Acknowledgements 10 1. The evolutionary psychology of human resource management 12 2. Understanding the evolutionary bases of workplace mobbing behavior: a bio-psycho-social model 22 3. Skin tone as a cue to employability: sociology against evolutionary psychology 41 4. Gender fluidity at work: is sexual dimorphism an advantage in the labor market? 67 5. The effect of facial (a)symmetry on employment chances: smarter, healthier, sexier, more productive? 85 6. Unconscious bias and the future of HRM decision-making 101 References 111