Strategic Human Resource Management and Employment Relations

1. Front Matter

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2. Theoretical Foundations of SHRM & ER

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      Pages 1-1

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   2. Introduction

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      Pages 3-11

   3. HRM and ER: A Strategic Perspective

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      Pages 13-21

   4. Strategic HRM & ER: Best-Practice Versus Best Fit

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      Pages 23-34

   5. SHRM & ER: The Resource-Based View

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      Pages 35-42

   6. Institutional Theory and SHRM

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      Pages 43-51

   7. Strategic Choice and SHRM & ER

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      Pages 53-62

   8. Professionalism and Ethics

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      Pages 63-71

3. HR Profession and Design and Implementation of Strategic HRM and ER Practices

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73

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   2. Work Design and HR Planning: A Strategic Perspective

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      Pages 75-84

   3. Strategic Performance and Commitment Management

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      Pages 85-91

   4. Strategic Learning and Development

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      Pages 93-104

   5. Managing Employee Voice

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      Pages 105-117

   6. Managing Change and HRM

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      Pages 119-131

   7. Strategic Compensation and Benefits Management

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      Pages 133-139

   8. Special Topics in SHRM & ER

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      Pages 141-154

4. Cases

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155

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   2. Case 1: To Cyber-Vet or Not to Cyber-Vet: An Ethics Question for HRM

      • Peter Holland, Debora Jeske

      Pages 157-162

   3. Case 2: Work-Life Balance in an MNE Context

      • Anne Bardoel

      Pages 163-168

This book analyses a collection of key strategic human resource management (HRM) and employment relations (ER) topics. The book follows a unique pedagogical design employing problem-based learning and participant-centred learning approaches, both of which the author has extensive experience in implementing with post-graduate learners. The book also prepares the learner to use these approaches, and has resources for the instructor.


The first part of the book provides a very focussed research commentary highlighting the key theoretical approaches in HRM and ER. The second part offers details of the design and implementation of strategic HRM and ER practices. The third part features a selection of contemporary research-based case studies that bring to life the debates and tensions inherent in the field of strategic HRM and ER.

• strategic human resource management
• strategic employment relations
• organizational strategy
• strategic performance management
• workforce planning
• organizational culture
• recruitment and selection
• employee learning and development
• employee voice
• change management
• employee benefits
• strategic workforce design
• strategic management
• human resource management
• employment relations
• problem-based learning
• participant-centred learning
• institutional theory
• industrial relations

• Faculty of Business and Law, Central Coast Business School, The University of Newcastle, Ourimbah, Central Coast, Australia

  Ashish Malik

Ashish Malik is Senior Lecturer at the University of Newcastle Australia, and his research interests lie in strategic human resource management and human resource development, international human resource management, people management in high-tech services sector, strategic capabilities and resources. Dr. Malik has collaborated with a number of leading academics from the UK, New Zealand, China, and India, and is on the editorial board of the Asian Business & Management, and Journal of Asian Business Studies and Jindal Journal of Business Research, and is the Area Editor of Journal of Asia Business Studies. Dr Malik has co-edited and authored several books on HRM practices and its relationship with business models, human capital formation, and culture in the context of service firms operating in India. 

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