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050	0	0	_aHF5549 _b.F574 2010
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100	1		_aFleetwood, Steve, _d1955-
245	1	0	_aExplaining the performance of human resource management / _cSteve Fleetwood, Anthony Hesketh.
260			_aCambridge ; _aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _c2010.
300			_axvii, 342 p. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 293-337) and index.
505	8		_aMachine generated contents note: List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Preface; Part I. HRM and Organisational Performance Today: 1. Crisis? What crisis?; 2. Tracking the emergence of the human resource management-performance link paradigm; Part II. Meta-Theorising the HRM-P Link: 3. The state of contemporary research on the HRM-performance link: a technical analysis; 4. Scientism: the meta-theory underlying empirical research on the HRM-P link; 5. Prediction, explanation and theory; 6. Critical realism: a meta-theory for analyzing HRM and performance; Part III. Reflexive Performance: 7. Putting critical realism to work; Index.
520			_a"Human resource departments increasingly use the statistical analysis of performance indicators as a way of demonstrating their contribution to organisational performance. In this book, Steve Fleetwood and Anthony Hesketh take issue with this 'scientific' approach by arguing that its preoccupation with statistical analysis is misplaced because it fails to take account of the complexities of organisations and the full range of issues that influence individual performance. The book is split into three parts. Part I deconstructs research into the alleged link between people and business performance by showing that it cannot explain the associations it alleges. Part II attributes these shortcomings to the importation of spurious 'scientific' methods, before going on to suggest more appropriate methods that might be used in future. Finally, Part III explores how HR executives and professionals understand their work and shows how a critical realist stance adds value to this understanding through enhanced explanation"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aPersonnel management.
700	1		_aHesketh, Anthony.
856	4	2	_3Cover image _uhttp://assets.cambridge.org/97805218/75998/cover/9780521875998.jpg
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1007/2010008748-b.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1007/2010008748-d.html
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