Research Handbook on Human Resource Management Implementation

This comprehensive Research Handbook addresses the challenges organizations face when putting human resource management (HRM) systems into practice. Including contributions from leading experts, it presents practical frameworks for HRM implementation, signposting both professional applications and academic inquiry.Contributors examine the ways HRM adoption differs and manifests across various sectors, including healthcare and education, and across distinct geographical landscapes. Conducting in-depth analysis of literature on successful HRM implementation, they also reflect upon emerging topics such as analytics and digital transformation. Assessing conceptual implementation matters and the role of line managers, chapters outline future research avenues that remain underexplored yet merit deeper scholarly investigation. The Research Handbook places the topic of implementation at the centre of the HRM research agenda.Providing a broad grounding in the discipline, the Research Handbook on Human Resource Management Implementation is an essential resource for scholars and students of HRM. HR practitioners and policymakers in employment relations will also benefit from its useful guidance for effectively implementing a HRM program.