The Oxford Handbook of Human Resource Management (Oxford Handbooks in Business & Management)

HRM is central to management teaching and research, and has emerged in the last decade as a significant field from its earlier roots in Personnel Management, Industrial Relations, and Industrial Psychology. People Management and High Performance teams have become key functions and goals for manager at all levels in organizations. The Oxford Handbook brings together leading scholars from around the world - and from a range of disciplines - to provide an authoritative account of current trends and developments. The Handbook is divided into four parts: * Foundations and Frameworks, * Core Processes and Functions, * Patterns and Dynamics, * Measurement and Outcomes. Overall it will provide an essential resource for anybody who wants to get to grips with current thinking, research, and development on HRM. About the SeriesOxford Handbooks in Business & Management bring together the world's leading scholars on the subject to discuss current research and the latest thinking in a range of interrelated topics including Strategy, Organizational Behavior, Public Management, International Business, and many others. Containing completely new essays with extensive referencing to further reading and key ideas, the volumes, in hardback or paperback, serve as both a thorough introduction to a topic and a useful desk reference for scholars and advanced students alike. 1. Human Resource Management : Scope, Analysis, And Significance / Peter Boxall, John Purcell, And Patrick Wright -- 2. The Development Of Hrm In Historical And International Perspective / Bruce E. Kaufman -- 3. The Goals Of Hrm / Peter Boxall -- 4. Economics And Hrm / Damian Grimshaw And Jill Rubery -- 5. Strategic Management And Hrm / Mathew R. Allen And Patrick M. Wright -- 6. Organization Theory And Hrm / Tony Watson -- 7. Hrm And The Worker : Towards A New Psychological Contract? / David E. Egust -- 8. Hrm And The Worker : Labor Process Perspectives / Paul Thompson And Bill Harley -- 9. Hrm And Societal Embeddedness / Jaap Paauwe And Paul Boselie -- 10. Work Organization / John Cordery And Sharon K. Parker -- 11. Employment Subsystems And The 'hr Architecture' / David Lepak And Scott A. Snell -- 12. Employee Voice Systems / Mick Marchington -- 13. Eeo And The Management Of Diversity / Ellen Ernst Kossek And Shaun Pichler -- 14. Recruitment Strategy / Marc Orlitzky --^ 15. Selection Decision-making / Neal Schmitt And Brian Kim -- 16. Training, Development, And Competence / Jonathan Winterton -- 17. Remuneration : Pay Effects At Work / James P. Guthrie -- 18. Performance Management / Gary Latham, Lorne M. Sulsky, And Heather Macdonald -- 19. Hrm Systems And The Problem Of Internal Fit / Sven Kepes And John E. Delery -- 20. Hrm And Contemporary Manufacturing / Rick Delbridge -- 21. Service Strategies : Marketing, Operations, And Human Resource Practices / Rosemary Batt -- 22. Hrm And Knowledge Workers / Juani Swart -- 23. Hrm And The New Public Management / Stephen Bach And Ian Kessler -- 24. Multinational Companies And Global Human Resource Strategy / William N. Cooke -- 25. Transnational Firms And Cultural Diversity / Helen De Cieri -- 26. Hrm And Business Performance / John Purcell And Nicholas Kinnie -- 27. Modeling Hrm And Performance Linkages / Barry Gerhart --^ 28. Family-friendly, Equal Opportunity, And High-involvement Management In Britain / Stephen Wood And Lilian M. De Menezes -- 29. Social Legitimacy Of The Hrm Profession : A Us Perspective / Thomas A. Kochan. Edited By Peter Boxall, John Purcell, And Patrick Wright. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. HRM is central to management teaching and research, and has emerged in the last decade as a significant field from its earlier roots in Personnel Management, Industrial Relations, and Industrial Psychology. People Management and High Performance teams have become key functions and goals for manager at all levels in organizations. "The Oxford Handbook" brings together leading scholars from around the world - and from a range of disciplines - to provide an authoritative account of current trends and developments. The "Handbook" is divided into four parts: Foundations and Frameworks; Core Processes and Functions; Patterns and Dynamics; and Measurement and Outcomes. Overall, it will provide an essential resource for anybody who wants to get to grips with current thinking, research, and development on HRM Human resource management is central to management teaching & research. Presenting the trends & developments, this handbook is divided into: foundations & frameworks; core processes & functions; patterns & dynamics; & measurement & outcomes HUMAN resource management (HRM), the management of work and people towards desired ends, is a fundamental activity in any organization in which human beings are employed.