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Human Resource Management and Technological Challenges

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  • © 2014

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Editors:
  1. Carolina Machado

    1. School of Economic and Management Department of Management, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

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  2. J. Paulo Davim

    1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

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  • Provides a channel of communication to disseminate the knowledge of human resources management in the technological age
  • Evaluates alternative strategies for improving working conditions
  • Presents innovative theories and the latest research activities related to human resource management
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Management and Industrial Engineering (MINEN)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Micro-Political Conflicts and Institutional Issues During e-HRM Implementation in MNCs: A Vendor’s View

    • Jukka-Pekka Heikkilä, Chris Brewster, Jaakko Mattila
    Pages 1-21

  3. Psychological Contracts in the Age of Social Networks

    • Aykut Berber
    Pages 23-42

  4. HRM as Challenge for the Top Management of Technology Start-Ups

    • Irina Koprax, Eva-Maria Mayrhofer, Wolfgang H. Güttel
    Pages 43-68

  5. People, Knowledge and Technology: Connecting the Dots from a Social Perspective

    • Raky Wane, Maria João Santos
    Pages 69-97

  6. Comparing HRM Practices for R&D in Business and University Centres

    • Nola Hewitt-Dundas
    Pages 99-121

  7. Organisational Challenges of Human–Robot Interaction Systems in Industry: Human Resources Implications

    • António B. Moniz
    Pages 123-131

  8. The Staffing Process in a High-Technology Environment

    • Jordi Olivella Nadal, Gema Calleja Sanz
    Pages 133-148

  9. Human Resource Management and the Internet: Challenge and/or Threat to Workplace Productivity?

    • Carolina Feliciana Machado, José Cunha Machado, Maria Clara Sousa
    Pages 149-168

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 169-170
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This book focuses on the challenges and changes that new technologies bring to human resources (HR) of modern organizations. It examines the technological implications of the last changes taking place and how they affect the management and motivation of human resources belonging to these organizations. It looks for ways to understand and perceive how organizational HR, individually and as a team, conceptualize, invent, adapt, define and use organizational technology, as well as how they are constrained by features of it. The book provides discussion and the exchange of information on principles, strategies, models, techniques, methodologies and applications of human resources management and technological challenges and changes in the field of industry, commerce and services.

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Economic and Management Department of Management, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

    Carolina Machado

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

    J. Paulo Davim

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