Strategic Human Resource Management - Softcover

Tang, Guiyao; Wei, Li-Qun

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1800615752 ISBN 13: 9781800615755

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Europe Ltd, 2025

Synopsis

Strategic human resource management (SHRM) is a crucial foundation for the survival and development of a firm, linking human resource management (HRM) with a firm's strategic objectives to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage. Research and practice have proven that implementing SHRM is conducive to acquiring core competencies that enhance the firm's competitiveness. In response to the changes that are taking place in HRM practices, it is essential that students and managers to learn SHRM systematically. The book introduces the core concepts and theoretical foundations of SHRM, while also focusing on its strategic implementation. It covers key topics such as strategic human resource planning, staffing, and training and development; strategic performance management; and strategic compensation management. The book not only outlines the basic concepts of SHRM from a strategic standpoint, but also considers the latest developments in business practice and results from the frontier of academic research. Thus, this is essential reading for anyone interested in SHRM: from undergraduates and graduate students to master of business administration (MBA) students and firm managers.

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About the Authors

Guiyao Tang, PhD, is Professor in the School of Management at Shandong University, Jinan, China. Her primary areas of expertise include strategic human resource management, green human resource management and leadership behavior. She has published papers in English- and Chinese-language journals, such as Personnel Psychology, International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Employee Relations, Human Resource Management, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Journal of Business Ethics, International Journal of Human Resource Management, and three books in Chinese. She is the member of professional associations such as AOM (Academy of Management), IACMR (International Association of Chinese Management Research), and she is the member of the Editorial Board of Management and Organization Review, European Management Journal and China Human Resource Development.

Li-Qun Wei, PhD, is Professor of Management in the Department of Management, Marketing and Information Systems at Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Her research interests include strategic human resource management, top management teams, Chinese management, and international/cross-cultural management. She has published numerous papers in top journals, such as Academy of Management Journal, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Process, Human Resource Management, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Leadership Quarterly, and she has published four books in Chinese and one book in English. She is the member of professional associations such as AOM (Academy of Management), IACMR (International Association of Chinese Management Research), and she is the Editor-in-Chief of Asia Pacific Journal of Management, and the Vice-President of Asia Academy of Management.

Edition details

• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Europe Ltd
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1800615752
• ISBN 13: 9781800615755
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320