Edited by Paul Sparrow, Lancaster University Management School and Cary Cooper, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK

'An excellent guide to the state of play and challenges in human resources. Especially useful for researchers and thoughtful practitioners interested in developing priorities for the future.'--Peter Cappelli, University of Pennsylvania, US'The field of HR has reached a critical crossroads where research must meet practice in a way that benefits both. Cary Cooper and Paul Sparrow have brought together a group of expert researchers who also have deep understanding of current HR practice to provide an HR research agenda that can effectively enable the field of HR to promote the well-being and effectiveness of both organisations and the people who work in them.'--Patrick M. Wright, University of South Carolina, US

• Contents:1. Introduction: The Future Research Agenda for HRM Paul Sparrow and Cary L. Cooper2. HR Strategy, Structure, and Architecture Dave Lepak, Kaifeng Jiang and Robert E. Ployhart3. Talent Management David G. Collings, Anthony McDonnell and John McMackin4. Using a Risk-Optimisation Lens: Maximizing Talent Readiness for an Uncertain Future. Wayne F. Cascio, John W. Boudreau and Allan H. Church5. Managing the Selection and Retention of Human Capital Resources Robert E. Ployhart and Jason Kautz6. Human Resource Management and Employee Engagement Alan M. Saks and Jamie A. Gruman7. Workplace well-being: Responsibilities, challenges and future directions Susan Cartwright 8. Leadership Models: The Future research agenda for HRM Johan Coetsee and Patrick C. Flood 9. Architectures of Value: Moving leaders beyond analytics and big dataAnthony Hesketh 10. HRM and ProductivityPaul Sparrow and Lilian Otaye-Ebede11. ‘We are not creative here!’ Creativity and Innovation for non-creatives through HRMHelen Shipton, Veronica Lin, Karin Sanders and Huadong Yang12. Globalisation and Human Resource ManagementChris Brewster, Adam Smale and Wolfgang MayrhoferIndex

Edited by Paul Sparrow, Lancaster University Management School and Cary Cooper, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK

'An excellent guide to the state of play and challenges in human resources. Especially useful for researchers and thoughtful practitioners interested in developing priorities for the future.'--Peter Cappelli, University of Pennsylvania, US'The field of HR has reached a critical crossroads where research must meet practice in a way that benefits both. Cary Cooper and Paul Sparrow have brought together a group of expert researchers who also have deep understanding of current HR practice to provide an HR research agenda that can effectively enable the field of HR to promote the well-being and effectiveness of both organisations and the people who work in them.'--Patrick M. Wright, University of South Carolina, US

• Contents:1. Introduction: The Future Research Agenda for HRM Paul Sparrow and Cary L. Cooper2. HR Strategy, Structure, and Architecture Dave Lepak, Kaifeng Jiang and Robert E. Ployhart3. Talent Management David G. Collings, Anthony McDonnell and John McMackin4. Using a Risk-Optimisation Lens: Maximizing Talent Readiness for an Uncertain Future. Wayne F. Cascio, John W. Boudreau and Allan H. Church5. Managing the Selection and Retention of Human Capital Resources Robert E. Ployhart and Jason Kautz6. Human Resource Management and Employee Engagement Alan M. Saks and Jamie A. Gruman7. Workplace well-being: Responsibilities, challenges and future directions Susan Cartwright 8. Leadership Models: The Future research agenda for HRM Johan Coetsee and Patrick C. Flood 9. Architectures of Value: Moving leaders beyond analytics and big dataAnthony Hesketh 10. HRM and ProductivityPaul Sparrow and Lilian Otaye-Ebede11. ‘We are not creative here!’ Creativity and Innovation for non-creatives through HRMHelen Shipton, Veronica Lin, Karin Sanders and Huadong Yang12. Globalisation and Human Resource ManagementChris Brewster, Adam Smale and Wolfgang MayrhoferIndex

Edited by Paul Sparrow, Lancaster University Management School and Cary Cooper, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK

'An excellent guide to the state of play and challenges in human resources. Especially useful for researchers and thoughtful practitioners interested in developing priorities for the future.'--Peter Cappelli, University of Pennsylvania, US'The field of HR has reached a critical crossroads where research must meet practice in a way that benefits both. Cary Cooper and Paul Sparrow have brought together a group of expert researchers who also have deep understanding of current HR practice to provide an HR research agenda that can effectively enable the field of HR to promote the well-being and effectiveness of both organisations and the people who work in them.'--Patrick M. Wright, University of South Carolina, US

• Contents:1. Introduction: The Future Research Agenda for HRM Paul Sparrow and Cary L. Cooper2. HR Strategy, Structure, and Architecture Dave Lepak, Kaifeng Jiang and Robert E. Ployhart3. Talent Management David G. Collings, Anthony McDonnell and John McMackin4. Using a Risk-Optimisation Lens: Maximizing Talent Readiness for an Uncertain Future. Wayne F. Cascio, John W. Boudreau and Allan H. Church5. Managing the Selection and Retention of Human Capital Resources Robert E. Ployhart and Jason Kautz6. Human Resource Management and Employee Engagement Alan M. Saks and Jamie A. Gruman7. Workplace well-being: Responsibilities, challenges and future directions Susan Cartwright 8. Leadership Models: The Future research agenda for HRM Johan Coetsee and Patrick C. Flood 9. Architectures of Value: Moving leaders beyond analytics and big dataAnthony Hesketh 10. HRM and ProductivityPaul Sparrow and Lilian Otaye-Ebede11. ‘We are not creative here!’ Creativity and Innovation for non-creatives through HRMHelen Shipton, Veronica Lin, Karin Sanders and Huadong Yang12. Globalisation and Human Resource ManagementChris Brewster, Adam Smale and Wolfgang MayrhoferIndex