000			02477nam a22002057a 4500
999			_c947 _d947
005			20210127141325.0
008			210127b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
020			_a9780521263382
082			_a658.3 _bSTE
100			_aFleetwood, Steve _92275
245			_aExplaining the performance of human resource management
260			_bCambridge University Press _aCambridge _c2010
300			_axvii, 342 p.
365			_aINR _b595.00
504			_aTable of Contents List of figures List of tables Acknowledgements Preface Part I. HRM and Organisational Performance Today: 1. Crisis? What crisis? 2. Tracking the emergence of the human resource management-performance link paradigm Part II. Meta-Theorising the HRM-P Link: 3. The state of contemporary research on the HRM-performance link: a technical analysis 4. Scientism: the meta-theory underlying empirical research on the HRM-P link 5. Prediction, explanation and theory 6. Critical realism: a meta-theory for analyzing HRM and performance Part III. Reflexive Performance: 7. Putting critical realism to work Index.
520			_aDescription Human resource departments increasingly use the statistical analysis of performance indicators as a way of demonstrating their contribution to organizational performance. In this book, Steve Fleetwood and Anthony Hesketh take issue with this 'scientific' approach by arguing that its preoccupation with statistical analysis is misplaced because it fails to take account of the complexities of organizations and the full range of issues that influence individual performance. The book is split into three parts. Part I deconstructs research into the alleged link between people and business performance by showing that it cannot explain the associations it alleges. Part II attributes these shortcomings to the importation of spurious 'scientific' methods, before going on to suggest more appropriate methods that might be used in future. Finally, Part III explores how HR executives and professionals understand their work and shows how a critical realist stance adds value to this understanding through enhanced explanation. An up-to-date overview of of the status of HR in the boardroom Challenges mainstream 'scientific' approaches to the measurement of HR management Provides an alternative methodology for measuring the performance of individuals within organizations
650			_aPersonnel management _9410
650			_aManagement _9445
942			_2ddc _cBK