Critical Issues in Human Resource Management

By problematising core HR topics and presenting significant new developments in the field, this engaging textbook will enable students to develop a nuanced and critical approach to HRM. It integrates students’ understanding of the key operational aspects of HRM with the wider institutional, social, political and economic contexts in which they occur, covering important and emerging topics such as intersectionality, wellbeing, international migration, globalisation and corporate governance. Theoretically-rigorous and rich in pedagogy, this textbook will hone students’ critical thinking skills, allowing them to confront higher level problems faced in HR and deal with complex real-world HR situations. A range of topical international case studies – ranging from iPhone factories in China to contemporary US politics – places HR issues in a comparative, global context.This is an essential textbook for upper-undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA students studying contemporary or critical issues in HRM. It can also be used as a supplementary text by those wanting to deepen their knowledge of HRM and by practitioners keen to understand how core HRM topics intersect with wider contemporary and global issues.

This is an important and timely book that offers knowledge and practical guidance for all of those studying HRM., A very complete book offering a critical view on contemporary HRM themes and practices. It is academically rigorous, uses clear examples and explains complicated topics in clear language., A much-needed textbook that draws together different perspectives on HRM and encourages critical analysis. It is highly readable and comprehensive in its coverage of core HR topics ... This is an excellent and essential book for any undergraduate or postgraduate student specialising in HRM., A welcome textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate students. It brings some fresh topics like Corporate Governance, Politics, the Regulatory Environment and HRM in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises that are usually missing in core HRM textbooks. I recommend this book for getting a broader, international and critical perspective of HRM.

Ian Roper is reader at Essex Business School, University of Essex, UK. He is a member of the British Sociological Association and an Academic Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. He is an editor for the journal Work, Employment and Society.Rea Prouska is Associate Professor of Human Resource Management at London South Bank University. She is an Academic Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.Uracha Chatrakul Na Ayudhya is Lecturer in Organizational Psychology at Birkbeck, University of London. She is an Academic Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and an editor of Work, Employment and Society.