Advanced Methods for Human Resource Management Research by Paul Joseph-Richard provides postgraduate students with practical and theoretical tools to plan and execute research projects that address real HR challenges, aligning with course outcomes and supporting adoption as a core or recommended text. It takes a practice-based approach, exploring how to research recruitment, selection, learning and development, people analytics, sustainable HRM, and employee wellbeing using interviews, literature reviews, Big Data, social media analysis, visual data, and cross-country comparative studies. Structured learning features include clear learning outcomes, real-world examples, end-of-chapter activities, explore further boxes, and key summary points for a quick review of chapters.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 320 pages
Publication date: 03 January 2025
Publisher: Kogan Page Ltd

Advanced Methods for Human Resource Management Research

Paul Joseph-Richard's advanced textbook for mastering HRM research across functions and contexts provides postgraduate students with the practical and theoretical tools to plan and execute research projects that address real HR challenges. Written for Research Methods modules within HRM programmes, it aligns with course outcomes and supports adoption as a core or recommended text. This textbook takes a practice-based approach, showing how to match methods to different HR contexts. Each chapter focuses on a specific HRM practice, combined with a "Method in Focus" feature to illustrate how qualitative, quantitative, or mixed-method designs can be applied. Students will explore how to research recruitment, selection, learning and development, people analytics, sustainable HRM, and employee wellbeing using interviews, literature reviews, Big Data, social media analysis, visual data, and cross-country comparative studies. Structured learning features include clear learning outcomes for every chapter, real-world examples to connect theory with practice, end-of-chapter activities to encourage critical thinking, "Explore further" boxes to prompt wider reading and research, key summary points for a quick review of chapters, and online lecturer slides, manuals, and student study guides with annotated links and reflective questions. Whether preparing for a dissertation or contributing to evidence-based HR practice, this textbook gives postgraduate students the confidence and capability to conduct robust, relevant, and ethical HRM research.

Weight: 556g
Dimension: 170 x 240 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781398615618