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<p>Detailed Contents</p>
<p> List of Boxes, Figures and Tables</p>
<p> List of Abbreviations and Acronyms</p>
<p> Notes on the Authors</p>
<p> Acknowledgements</p>
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<p> Introduction: Where’s the ‘Human’ in Human Resource Management? </p>
<p> Part 1: Where We’ve Been…</p>
<p> 1. What’s HRM Really About? </p>
<p> 2. What’s So Special About HR Strategy? </p>
<p> 3. The Employment Relationship </p>
<p> 4. Conflict and Resistance at Work </p>
<p> 5. Societal Contexts and Global Trends </p>
<p> 6. Trade Unions </p>
<p> 7. Management Styles</p>
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<p> Part 2: Where We’re Heading…</p>
<p> 8. The ‘New’ Unitarism </p>
<p> 9. Flexible Working </p>
<p> 10. Services and Aesthetic and Emotional Labour </p>
<p> 11. Migrant Workers </p>
<p> 12. Corporate Social Responsibility</p>
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<p> Part 3: What All This Means for HRM</p>
<p> 13. Recruitment and Social Networks </p>
<p> 14. Discrimination and Diversity </p>
<p> 15. Pay and Rewards </p>
<p> 16. Employee Participation and Involvement </p>
<p> 17. Training and Development </p>
<p> 18. Work–Life Balance </p>
<p> 19. Artificial Intelligence and HR Analytics With Yu Zheng</p>
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<p> Summary and Conclusions</p>
<p> Case Studies</p>
<p> List of Films About Human Resource Management</p>
<p> Glossary of Key Concepts</p>
<p> References</p>
<p> Names Index</p>
<p> Subject Index</p>

<p>Michael Gold is Emeritus Professor of Comparative Employment Relations at Royal Holloway University of London. His work focuses on employee participation, industrial relations theory and self-employment, as well as on employment policies across the member states of the EU.</p>
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<p> Chris Smith is Emeritus Professor of Organization Studies and Comparative Management at Royal Holloway University of London. His interests are in labour process theory, knowledge transfer through the transnational firm, comparative analysis of work and employment, and professional labour.</p>

<p>• Addresses the major workplace challenges of today to create a comprehensive textbook for the 21st century; </p>
<p> • Integrates its approach to topics by focusing on the way labour costs, productivity and survival fundamentally shape HRM policy and practice;</p>
<p> • Guides students on complex topics such as top-down managerialism, work intensification, insecurity and ongoing organizational change;</p>
<p> • An accessible and up-to-date textbook with globally relevant case studies; </p>
<p> • Written by two qualified, senior scholars who have extensive experience in teaching HRM.</p>

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