Human Resources Management and Occupational Health: A Science of Action or Reaction?

Gestión de recursos humanos y salud ocupacional: ¿ciencia de la acción o de la reacción?

Claire Edey Gamassou (), Gregor Bouville (), Tarik Chakor (), Stéphan Pezé () and Virginie Moisson
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Claire Edey Gamassou: IRG - Institut de Recherche en Gestion - UPEC UP12 - Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 - Université Gustave Eiffel
Gregor Bouville: DRM - Dauphine Recherches en Management - Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Tarik Chakor: IREGE - Institut de Recherche en Gestion et en Economie - USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry] - Université Savoie Mont Blanc
Stéphan Pezé: TSM - Toulouse School of Management Research - UT Capitole - Université Toulouse Capitole - UT - Université de Toulouse - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - TSM - Toulouse School of Management - UT Capitole - Université Toulouse Capitole - UT - Université de Toulouse

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Abstract: Although Human Resources Management (HRM) examines the issue of people at work and their management from the angle of how best to serve an organization's performance, occupational health issues are still a blind spot in its research. Following the lead of Chakor, Abord de Chatillon, and Bachelard (20152) in their review of occupational health and safety research, we attempted to find out how scientific managerial approaches are constructed and how researchers in HRM position themselves with regard to occupational health. A sizeable corpus of texts - which were selected from three sources that were identified as representative of the management sub-discipline that is HRM - were subjected to both thematic content and descriptive statistical analyzes. We demonstrated the gradual empowerment of HRM researchers by building a managerial corpus for workplace health and we identified the salient features that characterize occupational health research in HRM in terms of research objects, methodologies, interdisciplinarity, and stances. This article concludes with a proposed research agenda for HRM scholars working on occupational health.

Keywords: human resources management; interdisciplinarity; work; health; management; interdisciplinariedad; trabajo; salud; gestión; gestión de recursos humanos; interdisciplinarité; gestion des ressources humaines; santé; travail (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-01-21
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Published in Perspectives Interdisciplinaires sur le Travail et la Santé, 2018, Nécessités et limites de l’interdisciplinaire pour étudier le travail et la santé, 20 (1), ⟨10.4000/pistes.5548⟩

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DOI: 10.4000/pistes.5548

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