New Clues for Analysing the HRM Black Box

This book serves to illustrate the difficulty in explaining the role of human resources and the complexities implicit in the management of people working together in various kinds of organisations, and, more specifically, the existing links between the management of human capital and the functioning of the organisation. Several chapters provide an accurate picture of topics and issues that are relevant today in the area of human resource management, by bringing together different approaches and levels of analysis that undoubtedly enrich one another. The opening chapters are theoretical reviews and approaches of differing degrees of abstraction that explain the connections between human resources management and the performance of the organization, including such topics as the importance of correctly implementing the processes of human resources management, and the role that the Human Resources Department can play in this; the importance of these management practices being interiorised and embedded in the whole organisation; and the debate on the effects that management systems based on both control and commitment have on the behaviours of individuals.

Delving into the relationship between human resources management and organisational performance, the second part of the book investigates the effect that social networks and work groups have on an organisation’s results; the effect of job satisfaction on the differences and disagreements between an organisation and employee with respect to the behaviours expected; and finally the measurement of happiness at work with regards to three dimensions: engagement, job satisfaction and affective organisational commitment.

These eight chapters were considered the best papers presented at the 9th International Workshop on Human Resources Management, held on October 30th–31st, 2014, at Pablo de Olavide University, Seville, Spain.


Ramon Valle-Cabrera is a Professor of Human Resource Management in the Business Administration Department of the Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain. He obtained his doctorate at the Universidad de Sevilla in 1983. His research interests focus on strategic human resource management and employment relationships. He is co-author of several HRM textbooks and papers in a number of international journals, including Human Resource Management, Human Relations, British Journal of Management, Journal of Business Research, The International Journal of Human Resource Management, and Journal of Management Studies.

Alvaro Lopez-Cabrales is an Associate Professor of Human Resource Management in the Business Administration Department of the Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain, where he obtained his doctorate in 2003. His current work focuses on research in human capital, employment relationships, organizational capabilities, and innovation. He has published his research in such international journals as Human Resource Management, Personnel Review, British Journal of Management, and The International Journal of Human Resource Management.

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ISBN: 1-4438-7791-3

ISBN13: 978-1-4438-7791-6

Release Date: 16th July 2015

Pages: 198

Price: £41.99

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