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The (potential) demise of HRM?

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: This article seeks to provoke that human resource management (HRM), both as an academic field of study and as a form of professional practice, is at risk of impoverishment. The main reasoning for this is because of ideological individualism and marketisation with an attendant neglect on wider organisational, employee, and societal concerns. Following a review of the context of financialised capitalism, three contemporary developments in HRM are used to illustrate the argument: reward strategies, talent management, and high performance work systems. Implications for the practice of HRM and the way the subject area is taught in mainstream business schools are considered.

Source: Human Resource Management Journal

DOI: 10.1111/1748-8583.12195

Authors: Tony Dundon, Anthony Rafferty

Institution: University of Manchester

Language: English

Topic: Human Resource and Talent Management

Subfield: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2792755542

FWCI: 29.87

Cites: 81

Cited by: 167

Related to: 10