The 40 volumes in this set, originally published between 1918 and 1996, draw together research by leading academics in the area of human resource management and provides a rigorous examination of related key issues. The volumes examine interview techniques, staff appraisal, and workforce training and development. This set will be of particular interest to students of business studies and HRM.
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By Wilmar B. Schaufeli, Christina Maslach, Tadeusz Marek
November 20, 2018
A rapidly growing number of people experience psychological strain at their workplace. In almost all industrialized countries, absenteeism and turnover rates increase, and an increasing amount of workers receive disablement benefits because of psychological problems. This book, first published in ...
By John Kelly, Valerie Crute, Owen Hargie
November 20, 2018
This book, first published in 1992, presents a detailed, informed and informative account of research, theory and practice in interviewing. As a single source for practitioners, it focuses on the professional practice of interviewing as a strategy for achieving specific objectives. As well as ...
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By Kurt Landau, Walter Rohmert
November 20, 2018
The analysis of the various components of human work is the most important approach to a systematic study of people at work. This approach is aimed at the examination of individual activities with respect to the role they play in the conflict of humanitarian, economic, and technical aspects of work...
By David Dickson, Christine Saunders, Maurice Stringer
November 20, 2018
People's behaviour can be rewarding to others through what they say or do: it may be no more than an appreciative smile, a sympathetic touch or a word of praise, but the impact can be highly significant. This book, first published in 1993, explores these social rewards and their relevance to the ...
By Paul Lafitte
November 20, 2018
This study, first published in 1958, explores the behaviour of industrial workers in a social context. By interviewing and observing workers in factories in Melbourne, the author examines the worker’s evaluation of work, work satisfaction, relationships and friendships within the workplace, and the...
By Edgar Anstey, T. F. Riggar, James Walker
November 20, 2018
Organisations of all kinds have invested a great deal of time and effort in staff appraisal and management development, continually re-defining their aims and methods. This book, first published in 1976, reviews the progress made by 17 organisations in both public and private sectors. It presents ...
By Edgar Anstey
November 20, 2018
This book, first published in 1961, considers the schemes based on various combinations of written reports and interviews in staff appraisal and development. It also discusses the mutual responsibilities of staff and management, and the objectives of staff assessment. This title will be of interest...
By William Crimando, T. F. Riggar
November 20, 2018
In this book, first published in 1990, the authors have provided a scholarly treatment of the body of training literature between 1980 and 1988 that can be used by practitioners. They have drawn from as many different sources as possible and have tried to maintain a balance between popular and ...
By Adriana Bernardino
November 20, 2018
Telecommuting has been regarded as a powerful tool to reduce traffic congestion, pollution and energy consumption. It also supposed to improve lifestyle quality and job satisfaction by providing employees with flexible schedules with which to address their work load and personal requirements whilst...
By H. M. Vernon
November 20, 2018
In 1931 the International Association for Social Progress decided to undertake an enquiry concerning the effects of a shorter working week on unemployment and productivity. This title, first published in 1934, provides an analysis of information obtained through the author’s private research on the...
By John Kelly, Stanley Unwin
November 20, 2018
In this title, first published in 1918, Lord Leverhulme explores the ideas of co-partnership, piece-work, housing, and the benefits of shorter hours of labour. The most notable of these discussions, collected by Stanley Unwin, with a Preface by Lord Haldane, advocates a six-hour day, with two ...
By Dennis Lawrence
November 20, 2018
In this book, first published in 1988, the author shows that the movement for industrial democracy has deep roots in British history, and looks at the economic and political potential of industrial democracy as a mechanism to halt 100 years of industrial decline. The author advocates the general ...