Searching for the Human in Human Resource Management

SHARON C. BOLTON is Professor of Management, Strathclyde University Business School, UKMAEVE HOULIHAN is Lecturer in Management, UCD Business Schools, University College Dublin, Ireland

• Beginning the Search for the H in HRM; S.Bolton & M.HoulihanPART 1: SEARCHING FOR THE HUMAN IN HR THEORYMoral Economy and Employment; A.SayerSearching for The Human in Empirical Research on the HRM Organisational Performance Link: A Meta-theoretical Approach; S.FleetwoodThe Human Side of Skills and Knowledge; I.GrugulisMaking Capital: Strategic Dilemmas for HRM; P.ThompsonPART 2: SEARCHING FOR THE HUMAN IN HR PRACTICEHRM and the Menu Society: The Fetishisation of Individual Choice at Work; M.KorczynskiPutting the Missing 'H' into HRM: The Case of the Flexible Organisation; K.Legge'Have It Your Way®': Resources, Citizens and the Culture of Deceit; M.ParkerSearching for the Human in the HR Practice of Diversity; F.WilsonHuman Resource Development or Developing Human Capability?; J.BrysonPART 3: SEARCHING FOR THE HUMAN IN WORKPLACE CONTEXTSDisconnected Workplaces: Interests and Identities in the 'High Performance' Factory; S.Jenkins & R.DelbridgeRethinking Humanity in Care Work extract from Hard Work in Low Paid Britain; P.ToynbeeRisky Business: Rethinking the Human in Interactive Service Work; S.Bolton & M.HoulihanHRM is Redundant?: Professions, Immaterial Labour and the Future of Work; G.HanlonDisrupting Identity: Trust and Angst in Management Consulting; J.O'MahoneyIndices.

A number of influential thinkers in the area of critical HRM are featured here... providing an accessible overview of central concerns in the field. Searching for the Human in Human Resource Management would be suitable for reflective practitioners as well as students of HRM intersted in getting a comprehensive overview of current thinking in critical HRM. - Tracy Wilcox, BJIR An International Journal of Industrial Relations