Perspectives in Human Resources (Contemporary Management Practices)

This book takes a practical approach to human resource management (HRM), providing practising managers, researchers, and students with a framework for developing and implementing human-centred HR strategies.

Enabling human-centred HRM approaches allows businesses and industries to implement suitable processes and systems which keep their employees’ wellbeing in mind and build sustainable workforces, and organisations. The book focuses on the use of numerous tools in HR analytics and their application across disciplines and industries. Using empirical data, review of existing research, and case studies, the chapters in the volume look at the organisational processes and performance of various HRM strategies and explore themes such as diversity and inclusiveness in the workplace, organisational culture, inclusive leadership, non-verbal communication, cross-cultural management, work-life balance, and the focus on the physical and emotional wellbeing of employees.

Part of Contemporary Management Practices series, this book will be useful to practising managers, researchers, and students of human resource management, organizational studies, business studies, psychology, and behavioural sciences.

Satyajit Chakrabarti is the founder, pro-vice-chancellor, and director of Institute of Engineering & Management (Jaipur and Kolkata) and has started many entrepreneurial ventures. Earlier, he was a project manager with extensive experience in planning, execution, monitoring, communicating with stakeholders, negotiating with vendors and cross-functional teams, and motivating members. He has extensive research experience and created groundwork for industry-university alliance with Nokia and UBC.

Ashutosh Muduli, is a professor in HRM area at the B-School of Pandit Deendayal Energy University, Gujarat, India. He has around 50 research publications, 1200+ Google Scholar citations, 300+ SCOPUS/Web of Science citations, 6 PhD supervision and several funded research projects to his credit. He is the recipient of Highest Citation Research Paper Award (2022) from Global Business and Organisational Excellence, Wiley Publication, US; and Best Research Paper Award by AHRD (2019).

Saikat Chakrabarti is an associate professor in the Institute of Engineering & Management, Salt Lake, Kolkata, West Bengal. He possesses PhD in management. He has published articles in international- and national-level journals, conferences/seminars on psychological contract, human resource planning, cross-cultural training, and out bound training. He has also published chapters in the international case study book ET-Cases and several books published by Emerald Publishing, Springer Publishing Company, Elsevier Publishing, and so forth. He is the editor of two books and has more than 17 years of experience (both in industry and in educational institutions).

Anirban Sarkar is currently associated with West Bengal State University (WBSU) as Professor & Head of the Department of Management & Marketing. He is also the Director of Centre for Management Studies. He has more than 20 years of Academic experience. His area of interest is Marketing, Finance, and Statistics in Social Sciences particularly Market Research, Consumer Behaviour, Behavioural Marketing, Social Marketing, Digital Marketing, International Finance, and Behavioural Finance. He is now currently focusing on Data Analytics particularly Multivariate Analysis in Social Sciences. Completed minor and major research projects sponsored by UGC and ICSSR. Currently, submitted a Covid Special Project Report sponsored by ICSSR as Project Director. He chaired, co-chaired, and presented papers at many national and international conferences. He also acted as a resource person in various workshops and research programs conducted by Universities and Institutes of national importance across different states in India. Also published a few papers in ABDC, Scopus, SCI, Web of Science and UGC Care listed journals and in edited books published by foreign publishers of repute like Routledge, Emerald, Palgrave McMillan, Bloomsbury, etc. in the areas of general management, marketing, economics, and finance. He served as the State Public Information Officer (SPIO) of WBSU from 2012 to 2016. At present, he is also serving as Convener, Sports Board in WBSU since 2016. He is a Life member of the Indian Economic Association (IEA), Bengal Economic Association (BEA), Indian Accounting Association (IAA), and Indian Commerce Association (ICA). At present, he is holding the position of Executive Council member and Joint Secretary of the Indian Economic Association.

Mrinal Kanti Das is presently associated with Kanchrapara College under the University of Kalyani, West Bengal. He is serving as head of the Department of Commerce. Before joining Kanchrapara College, he was at the Centre for Management Studies, JIS College of Engineering, Kalyani, West Bengal. He has over 16 years of experience in teaching and research. He has presented research papers in various national and international seminars/conferences. He chaired sessions at national conferences and acted as a resource person for workshops on research methodology. Dr Das supervises PhD students, and one research scholar has already been awarded a PhD under his direct supervision. He has authored various journal papers, four books, and several edited volumes under well-known national and international publishers. He has acted as a reviewer of reputed journals and edited books for international publishers. He is associated with different management institutions in the capacity of visiting faculty, paper setter, examiner, and moderator.

Avijit Brahmachary is assistant professor at Department of Economics, Barrackpore Rastraguru Surendranath College, West Bengal. He has more than 16 years of academic experience. His area of interest is finance, development economics, and health economics. He chaired, co-chaired, and presented papers in many national and international conferences. He also acted as resource persons in various workshops and research programmes conducted by universities and institutes of national importance across different states in India. He has published several papers in various reputed national and international journals.