Asia Pacific Human Resource Management and Organisational Effectiveness

Alan Nankervis is a Professor of Human Resource Management, based at Curtin University, Perth, Australia. Professor Chris Rowley is Professorial Fellow, Institute of Hallyu Convergence Research, Korea University, Korea, Adjunct Professor, Griffith Business School, Griffith University, Australia, Visiting Fellow, Institute of Asia and Pacific Studies, Nottingham University, UK and Professor, Cass Business School, City University, London, UK. He is Editor of the leading journal Asia Pacific Business Review, Series Editor of the Working in Asia and Asian Studies book series. He has given a range of talks and lectures to universities and companies internationally with research and consultancy experience with unions, business and government. Professor Rowley has published widely in the area of HRM and Asian business, with over 500 articles, books and chapters and practitioner pieces. Noorziah Salleh is based at the Universiti Institut Teknologi Mara, Sabah, Malaysia.

• Ch. 1 - Introduction: Human resource management and organisational effectiveness – an overview and synthesisA. Nankervis, C. Rowley, N.M. SallehSection 1: Contextual frameworksCh. 2 - ASEAN and the AEC: Challenges and opportunities for human resource management, D.J.Q. Chen, W. Su-YenCh. 3 - Emerging HRM perspectives on emotional intelligence, mindfulness and neurobiological science on organisational effectivenessP. Hosie, A. Sharma, L. Herkenhoff, J.A. Heydenfeldt, R.P.J. KingshottSection 2: Regional HRM perspectivesCh. 4 - Where was HRM? The crisis of public confidence in Australia’s banks, A. Montague, R. Larkin, J. BurgessCh. 5 - HRM as a strategic business partner: The contributions of strategic agility, knowledge management and management development in multinational enterprises – empirical insights from India S. AnanthramCh. 6 - An exploratory study of HRM roles and competencies in Vietnam, India and Malaysia V. Prikshat, N.M. Salleh, A. NankervisChapter 7 - HRM roles in paradise: Strategic or administrative? A study of tourist resorts in the MaldivesA. NajeebCh. 8 - The quality of working Australia and its relevance for HRM and organisational effectiveness in the Asia PacificJ. Connell, J. BurgessSection 3: Employment relations and Islamic perspectivesCh. 9 - Collective voice and union effectiveness: Is relational capital the missing linkN.M. Salleh, A.K. Rosline, J.K.S. Len, K.Ag. BudinCh. 10 - A study on the determinants of job satisfaction from an Islamic perspective: Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam and MalaysiaR.U. MohammedCh. 11 - Conclusion: The human resource management–organisational effectiveness link: overview and the role of HR practitionersC. Rowley, A. Nankervis, N.M. Salleh