Written by experts in the field, the seventh edition of this well-established book provides a critical and academically rigorous exploration of the key functions, practices and issues in HRM today.
The first part of Contemporary Human Resource Management covers fundamental HRM practices while the second half examines contemporary themes and issues such as technology and climate change. The book contains over 50 thought-provoking case studies, showing you how theory relates to real-world examples.
This substantially revised seventh edition includes three completely new chapters and case studies on:
- Remote working
- New technologies
- Social media
Adrian Wilkinson is Professor of Employment Relations and Human Resource Management at Griffith University and Visiting Professor at the University of Sheffield.
Tony Dundon is Professor of HRM and Employment Relations at Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick and Visiting Professor at the Work and Equalities Institute, University of Manchester.
Edward Yates is a Lecturer in Employment Relations and Human Resource Management at the University of Sheffield.
Dundon, Tony: -
Tony Dundon is Professor of Human Resource Management and Employment Relations at the Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, Ireland; and Visiting Professor at the Work & Equalities Institute (WEI), Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK; and a Visiting Honorary Professor at University of St Andrews Management School. Tony's research areas include employment relations, human resource management and organisational performance, employee voice and trade union organising. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS), former Chief Examiner for the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), Consulting Editor for the International Journal of Management Reviews (IJMR) and International Advisory Board Member of Work, Employment and Society (WES). Tony has held visiting positions at Sydney University; Deakin University, Melbourne; Toulouse Business School, France; and Queensland University of Technology. His books include Understanding Employment Relations, (2nd edition, McGraw Hill, 2011); A very short, fairly interesting and reasonably cheap book about employment relations (Sage, 2017), The Routledge Companion to Employment Relations (Routledge, 2018), Case Studies in Work, Employment and Human Resource Management (Elgar, 2020), and Handbook of Research on Employee Voice (2nd edition, Edward Elgar, 2020).
Wilkinson, Adrian: -
Adrian Wilkinson is Professor at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia and is Visiting Professor at the University of Sheffield and an Academic Fellow at the Centre for International Human Resource Management at the Judge Institute, University of Cambridge. Adrian has authored, co-authored and edited some 30 books, over 150 articles in refereed journals and numerous book chapters. Recent books (with co-authors): The Oxford Handbook of Management (OUP, 2017), A very short, fairly interesting and reasonably cheap book about employment relations (Sage, 2017), The Routledge Companion to Employment Relations (Routledge, 2018), The Sage Handbook of Human Resource Management (Sage, 2019), The Future of Work and Employment (Elgar, 2020), Case Studies in Work, Employment and Human Resource Management (Elgar, 2020) and the Handbook of Research on Employee Voice (Elgar, 2020.)
He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development in the UK and a Fellow of the Australian Human Resource Institute. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences.
Yates, Edward: -
Edward Yates is a Lecturer in Employment Relations and Human Resource Management at the University of Sheffield.
