Human resources management : perspectives, context, functions, and outcomes
/ edited by Gerald R. Ferris, M. Ronald Buckley, Donald B. Fedor.
- Fourth edition
- Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, c2002.
- xii, 644 p. cm. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
I. THE FIELD OF HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT — Overview of Human Resources Management — Perspectives on Human Resources Management
— II. THE EXTERNAL CONTEXT OF HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT — The Contemporary Legal Environment — The Labor Market and the Changing Workforce
— III. FUNCTIONS OF HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT — Human Resources Planning and Staffing — Performance Evaluation and Management — Compensation and Reward Systems — Human Resources Development
— IV. THE INTERNAL CONTEXT OF HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT — Labor Relations in Contemporary Work Environments — Rights, Responsibilities, Values, and Ethics — Organization Culture and Change — Work Environment Stressors, Support, Safety, and Health
— V. OUTCOMES OF HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT — Employee Attitudes — Organizational Exit — Performance and Effectiveness
— Index.
A core text for undergraduate/graduate-level courses in Personnel and Human Resources Management or a supplement to other conventional texts. This collection of 60 current readings explores the important contemporary perspectives and issues in the field of human resources management-from a decidedly applied, rather than scholarly, orientation. The readings include a mix of recently published articles from journals in the field, along with many articles written specifically for the text.