Intended for for core HRM modules on HRM and business degree programmes for second and final year undergraduate or postgraduate levels and the CIPD People Management and Development module. This work covers topics including private equity firms, diversity, international HRM and globalisation, the role of line managers, and the meaning of work.

Contemporary Human Resource Management provides students with a thorough and critical exploration of all the key functions and issues within HRM today. Written in a clear yet thought-provoking style, the book contains chapters contributed by experts in their field to ensure coverage of the most recent ideas and practices. Each chapter is complemented by at least 2 more extensive case studies, ...

Contemporary Human Resource Management provides students with a thorough and critical exploration of all the key functions and issues within HRM today. Written in a clear yet thought-provoking style, the book contains chapters contributed by experts in their field to ensure coverage of the most recent ideas and practices. Each chapter is complemented by at least 2 more extensive case studies, ...

Employee participation encompasses the range of mechanisms (unions, councils, high-performance teams, etc.) used to involve the workforce in decisions at all levels of the organization. This Handbook looks at the different arguments and schools of thought, with the aim of problematizing them, not just in terms of implementation but also principles.

This collection aims to analyse, advertise, and criticize the contribution of industrial relations to social science understanding. It reconsiders the theoretical foundations of industrial relations and its potential contribution to the wider understanding of work and economic life.

This collection analyses the contribution of industrial relations to social science understanding. It brings together scholars to reconsider the theoretical foundations of industrial relations and its potential contribution to the wider understanding of work and economic life.