Human Resource Management in Small Business

Edited by Cary Cooper, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK and the late Ronald J. Burke, formerly Professor Emeritus, Schulich School of Business, York University, Canada

• Contents:PART I: INTRODUCTION1. Overview of the BookRonald J. Burke2. Human Resource Management in Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises: Benefits and ChallengesRonald J. BurkePART II: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS EFFECTIVENESS3. The Role of Human Capital Factors in Small Business Performance and SuccessGary J. Castrogiovanni4. Alternative Systems of Human Resources Practices and Performance in Small Entrepreneurial OrganizationsChristopher J. Collins5. The Human Resource Practices of Small Businesses: An Examination of Performance ImplicationsAndreas Rauch6. On Learning in High-Performing Small and Medium-sized Businesses and the Relationship to HR PracticesTimothy L. Pett and James A. WolffPART III: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS CHALLENGES7. Legal Issues Facing Small Businesses and their OwnersMichael Troilo and Brad Carson8. Health and Safety in Small BusinessesSharon ClarkePART IV: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND INDIVIDUAL CHALLENGES9. Addressing Personal and Family Transitions in Small Businesses: Effective Human Resource Management PracticesKyle Fuschetti and Jeffrey M. Pollack10. The Challenges for Female Small Business Owners and Managers: A Consideration of the Veterinary ProfessionColette Henry, Lorna Treanor and Sarah Baillie11. Who’s Minding the Kids? Work and Family Issues Among Owners of Small Business Enterprises in IrelandEileen Drew and Anne Laure Humbert12. Entrepreneurial Satisfaction: Job Stressors, Coping and Well-being Among Small Business Owner ManagersMagnus George and Eleanor HamiltonPART V: IMPROVING HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN SMALL BUSINESSES13. A Comprehensive Approach to Promoting Justice in SMEsAndrew Noblet and Denise Jepsen14. E-coaching for Women Small Business Owners and ManagersCarianne Hunt and Sandra Fielden15. WestJet Airlines Ltd: A Case Study of a Successful Business that Highlights HRM and StrategyGerard H. SeijtsIndex

’Cooper and Burke have provided us with fourteen excellent chapters that help fill our knowledge gap regarding the role of human resource management policies and practices in small- and medium-sized enterprises. Cooper and Burke provide an excellent overview chapter that describes the need, importance and scope of the topic and this is followed by thirteen well-orchestrated chapters contributed by international experts. This is a superb book for graduate and undergraduate students in human resource management worldwide, most of whom will end up working in small- and medium-sized enterprises.’