Critical Human Resource Management (Routledge Studies in Human Resource Development) - Softcover

Jayawardena, Dhammika

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0367608995 ISBN 13: 9780367608996

Publisher: Routledge, 2023

Synopsis

Human resource management (HRM) is the predominant apparatus for people management across the world. Since its inception, HRM has nevertheless been subjected to critical scrutiny. This work has produced a corpus of literature now referred to as ‘Critical HRM’.

This book on Critical HRM traces the development of the critical scholarly tradition in people management. It analyzes, organizes and synthesizes the various perspectives, ideas and arguments that constitute this critical tradition. The book identifies the current status and future trends of Critical HRM, and explores its ethico-political role in contemporary organizations, especially in the context of widespread public concern about making business more ethical. Incorporating under-researched and emerging issues of people management, such as the Global South and Critical HRM, with more established themes of Critical HRM, this book introduces Critical HRM’s critique of mainstream HRM and its underpinning assumptions. It illustrates how interventions have the potential to transform organizational policies and practices of managing people at work.

The book will be of interest to professionals, researchers, and academics focusing on critical issues in people management across the Global South and North.

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About the Author

Dhammika Jayawardena is Senior Lecturer in Management and Organizational Behavior at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367608995
• ISBN 13: 9780367608996
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 156