Elgar Introduction to Theories of Human Resources and Employment Relations

Edited by Keith Townsend, Kenneth Cafferkey, Aoife M. McDermott and Tony Dundon

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Abstract: This Elgar Introduction provides an overview of some of the key theories that inform human resource management and employment relations as a field of study.

Keywords: Business and Management; Economics and Finance; Social Policy and Sociology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
ISBN: 9781786439000
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Theories used in employment relations and human resource management , pp 1-14

Keith Townsend, Aoife M. McDermott, Kenneth Cafferkey and Tony Dundon

Ch 2 Marxism , pp 16-33

Roger Seifert

Ch 3 Neo-pluralism as a research approach in contemporary employment relations and HRM: complexity and dialogue , pp 34-52

Peter Ackers

Ch 4 Applying Scientific Management to modern employment relations and HRM , pp 53-66

Niall Cullinane and Jean Cushen

Ch 5 Cracking labour process theory in employment relations and HRM , pp 67-81

Shiona Chillas and Alina Baluch

Ch 6 The legacy of the Human Relations School: looking back and moving forward , pp 82-96

Sarah Jenkins

Ch 7 The theory of high-performance work systems , pp 97-111

Peter Boxall and Meng-Long Huo

Ch 8 Systems theory: forgotten legacy and future prospects , pp 112-127

Brian Harney

Ch 9 Evolutionary psychological theory and human resource management , pp 128-137

Andrew R. Timming

Ch 10 Personnel economics: managing human resources through performance-related pay , pp 139-154

Victoria Wass

Ch 11 Advances in Labour Regulation Theory , pp 155-168

Mark Bray and Peter Waring

Ch 12 Institutional theory, business systems and employment relations , pp 169-182

Geoffrey Wood and Matthew M.C. Allen

Ch 13 Varieties of Capitalism , pp 183-198

Glenn Morgan and Heike Doering

Ch 14 Human resource management and paradox theory , pp 199-216

Anne Keegan, Julia Brandl and Ina Aust

Ch 15 Revisiting human capital theory: progress and prospects , pp 218-234

Jonathan Winterton and Kenneth Cafferkey

Ch 16 Feminist theory and employment relations , pp 235-246

Anne-marie Greene

Ch 17 Trust, distrust and human resource management , pp 247-263

Neve Isaeva, Colin Hughes and Mark N.K. Saunders

Ch 18 Social exchange theory, employment relations and human resource management , pp 264-279

Christine Cross and Tony Dundon

Ch 19 Using role theory to understand and solve employment relations and human resources problems , pp 280-294

Qian Yi Lee, Keith Townsend, Ashlea Troth and Rebecca Loudoun

Ch 20 Fairness in the workplace: organizational justice and the employment relationship , pp 295-310

Melinda Laundon, Paula McDonald and Abby Cathcart

Ch 21 Ability, Motivation and Opportunity theory: a formula for employee performance? , pp 311-323

Ashlea Kellner, Kenneth Cafferkey and Keith Townsend

Ch 22 The Resource-Based View approach and HRM , pp 324-335

Keith Whitfield

Ch 23 LMX and HRM: a multi-level review of how LMX is used to explain the employment relationship , pp 336-351

Anna Bos-Nehles and Mieke Audenaert

Ch 24 Social mobilization theory in HR and employment relations , pp 352-364

Lorraine Ryan, Caroline Murphy and Daniel Troy

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