TY - BOOK AU - Ferris, Gerald R. AU - Buckley, M. Ronald. AU - Fedor, Donald B. TI - Human resources management : : perspectives, context, functions, and outcomes SN - 9780130608543 AV - HF5549 .H8735 2002 PY - 2002/// CY - Upper Saddle River, N.J. PB - Prentice-Hall KW - Personnel management N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -