Encyclopedia of Human Resource Management

Edited by Adrian Wilkinson, Distinguished Professor of Human Resource Management, Griffith Business School, Griffith University, Australia and Stewart Johnstone, Reader in Employment Relations,Strathclyde Business School, University of Strathclyde, UK

'Adrian Wilkinson and Stewart Johnstone's outstanding Encyclopedia of Human Resource Management is extremely timely, providing over 400 short reviews of critical HR theories, research and applications on all the topics you could possibly need in the field. The international team they have gathered together is stellar-this is a must buy for all HR professionals and researchers.'

• List Of Entries:Absence ACASAesthetic LabourAge Discrimination Aging Workforce AlienationAlternative Dispute ResolutionAMO ModelAnnualised Hours ApprenticeshipAptitude TestArbitrationAssessment CentresAttitude SurveyBargaining LevelBargaining ScopeBasic Rate of Pay (See Wages)BenefitsBest FitBest PracticeBig FiveBiodataBlack Box (See Resource Based View)BlacklistingBlended LearningBody WorkBonus Payments And IncentivesBroadbandingBullyingBundles (See Universalistic Theory)BureaucracyBurnoutCafeteria Benefits (See Benefits)Call CentreCapability ProcedureCareer BreaksCareersCasual Work (See Temporary Work)Casualisation (See Precarious Employment)Change ManagementCIPDCoachingCo-DeterminationCollective AgreementCollective BargainingCollectivismCommission (See Variable Pay)Commitment CommunicationCommunity UnionismComparative HRMCompetenceCompetency Based PayCompetitive AdvantageCompetitive Strategy (See Strategy)Compressed Working TimeConciliationConfigurational ModelConflictConstructive DismissalConsultationContextContingency TheoryContingent Pay (See Variable Pay)Continuing Professional DevelopmentContract of EmploymentConvergence TheoryCoordinated Market EconomyCore WorkerCorporate Social ResponsibilityCross Cultural TrainingCulture Change (See Organisational Culture)Custom and PracticeCustomer AppraisalCV/ResumeDefault Retirement AgeDeskillingDirect Discrimination Dirty WorkDisability DiscriminationDisciplinary ProcedureDiscipline & GrievanceDisconnected Capitalism Discretionary Effort (See Organisational Citizenship Behaviours)Discrimination (See Direct Discrimination; Indirect Discrimination)DismissalDispute Resolution (See Alternative Dispute Resolution)Distance LearningDiversity ManagementDivision of LabourDownsizingEarly RetirementE-LearningElectronic HRMElectronic RecruitmentEmotional IntelligenceEmotional LabourEmployabilityEmployeeEmployee Assistance ProgrammesEmployee Benefits (See Benefits)Employee EngagementEmployee InvolvementEmployee Share Ownership PlansEmployee VoiceEmployers AssociationsEmployer BrandingEmployment AgencyEmployment Relationship Employment Relations (See Industrial Relations)Employment Tribunal EmpowermentEqual OpportunityEqual PayEquity Ethics Ethnocentric Management European Works Councils Executive Search FirmsExit InterviewExpatriate Expectancy TheoryExperiential LearningExternal Labour MarketsExtrinsic Reward (See Reward Management)Family Friendly PoliciesFinancial ParticipationFinancial Reward (See Reward Management)Financialisation Fixed Term ContractFlexible Benefits (See Benefits)Flexible Firm Flexible Working Flexicurity FlexitimeFordism (See Scientific Management)Frame of ReferenceFreelance WorkFunctional Flexibility (See Flexible Firm Model)Gainsharing (See Profit-Related Pay And Gainsharing)Gender GapGender Pay GapGenderGenerationsGeocentric Management Glass CeilingGlobal Supply ChainsGlobalisationGo Slow (See Work Limitation)Golden Handshake Graded Pay (See Reward Management)Graduate RecruitmentGreenfield SitesGreen HRMGrievance ProcedureGross MisconductHalo EffectHard And Soft HRMHarmonisationHawthorne Experiments (See Mayo and Human Relations) HeadhuntingHealth And Safety HerzbergHierarchyHigh Commitment HRM (See Best Practice HRM, High Commitment HRM)High Involvement ManagementHigh Performance Work SystemsHomeworkingHorns EffectHR DepartmentHR Function and Business PartneringHRM Process Approach: Attribution Of HRMHuman Capital Human Relations Movement Human Resource Advantage (See Human Resource Strategy)Human Resource DevelopmentHuman Resource Information SystemsHuman Resource ManagementHuman Resource ManagerHuman Resource PlanningHuman Resource StrategyHygiene Factor (See Herzberg)ImmigrationImpression ManagementIncentives (See Bonus Payments And Incentives)Indirect DiscriminationInductionIndustrial ActionIndustrial RelationsInformal LearningInstitutional FrameworkInstitutional TheoriesIntellectual CapitalIntelligence TestsInternal Labour MarketsInternational Human Resource ManagementInternational Labour Organisation and International Labour StandardsInternshipsInterpersonal SkillsInterviewsIntrinsic Reward (See Reward Management; Recognition)Investors in PeopleJapanese ManagementJob AnalysisJob DescriptionJob DesignJob EnlargementJob EnrichmentJob Evaluation Job QualityJob RotationJob SatisfactionJob SecurityJoint Consultation Joint Regulation (See Joint Consultation)Knowledge ManagementKnowledge, Skills And AbilitiesKnowledge WorkerLabourLabour LawLabour Management Partnership (See Workplace Partnership)Labour MarketLabour MobilityLabour Process Theory Labour TurnoverLeadership and Leader Member ExchangeLean ProductionLearning (See Informal Learning)Learning CycleLearning OrganisationLearning StyleLiberal Market EconomyLifetime EmploymentLine ManagersLiving WageLong Hours CultureLow PayManagementManagement Consultancy Management DevelopmentManagement StyleManagerial ControlMarket-Based Pay (See Payment System)MaslowMaster of Business Administration Maternity, Paternity and Parental LeaveMcgregorMediationMentoringMergers And Acquisitions Merit Pay (See Performance Related Pay)Migrant Worker Minimum WageMisbehaviour (See Organisational Misbehaviour)MisconductMotivationMulti-National CompanyMulti-SkillingNational CultureNational Minimum Wage (See Minimum Wage)Negotiation Neo-LiberalismNon-Financial Reward (See Reward Management)Non-Standard Working (See Security of Employment)Non-Union WorkplaceNon-UnionismNotice PeriodNumerical Flexibility (See Flexible Firm Model)Occupational HealthOff the Job Learning Older WorkerOnline LearningOn the Job LearningOrganisation DevelopmentOrganisational Career SystemsOrganisational Change (See Change Management)Organisational Citizenship BehaviourOrganisational Culture Organisational LearningOrganisational Misbehaviour Organisational Politics OutsourcingOvertimePanel InterviewsPart-Time WorkingPartnershipParental Leave (See Maternity, Paternity and Parental Leave)Participation (See Employee Involvement)Partnership Agreement (See Partnership)PaternalismPayment By ResultsPayment SystemPeer AppraisalPensionsPerformance Appraisal Performance Appraisal InterviewPerformance ManagementPerformance Related PayPeripheral WorkerPerks (See Benefits)Person Environment FitPerson SpecificationPersonal Development PlanPersonality TestPersonality TraitsPicketing Piece Rate (See Wages)PluralismPolycentric ManagementPositive ActionPositive DiscriminationPowerPrecarious Employment Prejudice PresenteeismProbation Professional Association (See Professionalism) ProfessionalismProfit Related Pay and Gainsharing Profit SharingPromotionPsychological Capital Psychological Contract Psychometric TestingPublic SectorPurpose Driven LeadershipQualificationsQuality CirclesRace Discrimination RadicalismRecognitionRecruitmentRed CirclingRedeploymentRedundancy (See Downsizing)ReferencesRegulation Religious DiscriminationRepatriation Representation GapRepresentative Participation Resignation ResistanceResource Based ViewResourcingRestrictive Practices (See Work Limitation)Retention Retirement Reward ManagementSabotageSalary Scientific ManagementSecondmentSecurity of EmploymentSelection MethodSelection TestSelectionSelf-AppraisalSelf-EmploymentSelf Managed TeamsSelf-ManagementSex Discrimination Sexual HarassmentShared ServicesShift WorkShop StewardShortlisting Single Pay SpineSingle Table BargainingSingle Union AgreementSkillSkills Based PaySmall and Medium Sized Enterprises Social CapitalSocial Partnership (See Partnership)Soft HRM (See Hard and Soft HRM)Spatial Flexibility (See Flexible Firm Model)Staff AssociationStaff PoachingStateStrategic ChoiceStrategic HRMStrategic Pay (See Reward Management)StrategyStressStrikesSubcontracting Succession PlanningSuggestion SchemeSummary DismissalSystematic Training CycleTalent ManagementTaylorism/Scientific Management (See Scientific Management)Team Based AppraisalTeam PayTeam BriefingTeamworkTelework And CoworkingTemporal Flexibility (See Flexible Firm Model)Temporary WorkTemporary WorkerTerm Time WorkingTerms And Conditions Theory X (See Mcgregor)Theory Y (See Mcgregor)Three Hundred And Sixty Degree AppraisalTime-Based Pay Total RewardTrade Union RecognitionTrade UnionsTraining and DevelopmentTraining EvaluationTrainingTraining Needs AnalysisTransferable SkillsTransformational LeadershipTransnational Collective Agreements TUPEUndocumented Immigrant WorkerUnfair DismissalUnion Avoidance: Substitution And SuppressionUnion BustingUnion DensityUnion OrganisingUnitarismUniversalistic TheoryUnofficial StrikesUnsocial HoursUpward Appraisal Upward Problem SolvingVariable PayVarieties of CapitalismVocational and Education TrainingWage-Effort Bargain (See Employment Relationship)WagesWelfareWellbeingWhisteblowingWorkWork Life BalanceWork Limitation Work OrganisationWorkaholismWorkerWorkforce Intelligence PlanningWorking TimeWorkplace DemocracyWorks Council (See Co-Determination)Written WarningWrongful DismissalYoung WorkersZero-Hours Contracts