Table of Contents

PART 1: Managing the human resource environment
Chapter 1. Human resource management in Australia
Chapter 2. Strategic human resource management
Chapter 3. The legal context for human resource management
Chapter 4. Occupational health and safety
Chapter 5. Employment relations
PART 2: Building human resource management systems
Chapter 6. Analysis and design of work
Chapter 7. Human resource planning and human resource information systems Chapter 8. Recruitment and selection
PART 3: Developing people
Chapter 9. Managing diversity and work?life balance
Chapter 10. Performance management
Chapter 11. Learning and development
Chapter 12. Employee development and career management
PART 4: Rewarding people
Chapter 13. Managing compensation
Chapter 14. Performance-related pay
PART 5: Contemporary issues for human resource management
Chapter 15. Ethics and human resource management
Chapter 16. International human resource management
Chapter 17. Managing employee turnover and retention
Chapter 18. Evaluating and improving the human resource function

About the Author

Robin Kramar has been keenly interested in issues associated with people in the workplace for more than thirty years. She is currently Associate Professor of Management at the Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Director of the Centre of Australasian Human Resource Management and Deputy Director of the MBA. She has held academic positions at a number of universities including the University of New South Wales and Sydney University. Her current role involves lecturing to MBA and Master of Management students in Sydney, Hong Kong and Singapore. Robin's research and consultancy specialties currently focus on strategic human resource management and diversity management. Robin Kramar's research activities have culminated in the publication of five books, more than twenty articles in refereed journals, more than twenty-five chapters in books, and numerous refereed conference papers and monographs. Robin is keen to develop links between academic activities and practitioner requirements, and has been actively involved in the development of management education. She was Book Review Editor for the Asia-Pacific Journal of Human Resources for almost ten years, and has also been a member of a number of committees involved in the accreditation of university management degrees. TIMOTHY BARTRAM (P h D, La Trobe University) is an
Associate Professor in the School of Management at
La Trobe University. Timothy teaches undergraduate
and graduate students strategic HRM, employment
relations and high performance work systems. His consulting
experience includes projects with industry and
professional associations, trade unions and public sector
health services. Timothy’s research activities have culminated
in the publication of more than thirty articles
in refereed journals and over forty refereed conference
papers. Timothy’s research has appeared in leading
international academic journals such as the British
Journal of Industrial Relations, Human Resource
Management Journal, International Journal of Human
Resource Management, and Relations Industrielles.
Timothy is currently the co-editor of the Asia Pacific
Journal of Human Resources and associate editor of
Management Research Review . Timothy’s current research
interests include strategic HRM, employment
relations and high performance work systems in multinational
enterprises and public sector health organisations. Helen De Cieri is an Associate Professor in the Department of Management at Monash University and a Co-Director of the Monash REACH (research, education and consulting in HRM) Unit. Her teaching experience includes visiting appointments in Australia, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia and the United States. Helen teaches undergraduates, HRM graduate students and MBA students in HRM, strategic HRM and international HRM. Her consulting experience includes projects with private and public sector organisations in Australia and overseas. Helen has published over sixty book chapters, monographs and journal articles. Her research has appeared in journals such as the Journal of Management, Human Resource Management, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Management International Review, and the British Journal of Industrial Relations. From 1996 to 2002, Helen was the Editor of the Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources. She serves on the editorial board of Human Resource Management and is an ad hoc reviewer for several international academic journals. Helen's current research interests include strategic HRM in multinational enterprises, HRM challenges in the Asia-Pacific region, and HR metrics in multinational enterprises. Raymond A. Noe received his B.S. in psychology from Ohio State University and his M.A. and Ph.D. in psychology from Michigan State University. He is the Robert and Anne Hoyt Designated Professor of Management at the Ohio State University. Dr. Noe conducts research and teaches students in human resource management, managerial skills, quantitative methods, human resource information systems, training, employee development, performance management, and organizational behavior. He has published more than 70 articles and invited chapters and has authored, coauthored, or edited seven books covering training and development. Dr. Noe has received awards for teaching and research excellence, including the Ernest J. McCormick Award for Distinguished Early Career Contribution from the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and is a fellow of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology and the American Psychological Association. John R. Hollenbeck received his Ph.D. in management from New York University. He is a University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University and Eli Broad Professor of Management at the Eli Broad Graduate School of Business Administration. Dr. Hollenbeck served as acting editor at Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (1995), associate editor of Decision Sciences (1999–2004), and editor of Personnel Psychology (1996–2002). He has published more than 90 articles and chapters on team decision-making and work motivation. Dr. Hollenbeck has been awarded fellowship status in both the Academy of Management and the American Psychological Association and was recognized with the Career Achievement Award by the HR Division of the Academy of Management (2011), the Distinguished Service Contributions Award (2014), and the Early Career Award by the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (1992). Barry Gerhart received his B.S. in psychology from Bowling Green State University and his Ph.D. in industrial relations from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is professor of management and human resources and Bruce R. Ellig Distinguished Chair in Pay and Organizational Effectiveness, Wisconsin School of Business, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Gerhart serves on the editorial boards of and has published in the Academy of Management Journal, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Journal of Applied Psychology, Management and Organization Review, and Personnel Psychology. He is a recipient of the Heneman Career Achievement Award, the Scholarly Achievement Award, and the International Human Resource Management Scholarly Research Award from the Academy of Management. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Management, the American Psychological Association, and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Patrick M. Wright earned a B.A. in psychology from Wheaton College and an M.B.A. from Michigan State University. He is Thomas C. Vandiver Bicentennial Chair and director of the Center for Executive Succession, Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina. Professor Wright is an expert in strategic human resource management and a faculty leader for the Cornell ILR Executive Education/NAHR program. He was lead editor of The Chief HR Officer: Defining the New Role of Human Resource Leaders and has published more than 60 journal articles and more than 20 book chapters. He was editor at the Journal of Management, co-edited a special issue of Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management, and guest edited a special issue of Human Resource Management Review. He is a board member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and the National Academy of Human Resources, and is a former board member of HRPS, SHRM Foundation, and World at Work.