,Human Resources
Management:
Concepts, Methodologies, Tools
and Applications
Information Resources Management Association
USA
Volume I
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Human resources management : concepts, methodologies, tools, and applications / Information Resources Management
Association, editor. v. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary: “This reference compiles the most sought after case studies, architectures, frameworks, methodologies, and
research related human resources management, Including in-depth analyses on the fundamental aspects, tools and technolo-
gies, methods and design, applications, managerial impact, social/behavioral perspectives, critical issues, and emerging
trends in the field”--Provided by publisher.
ISBN 978-1-4666-1601-1 (hardcover : alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-1-4666-1602-8 (ebook : alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-1-4666-
1603-5 (print & perpetual access : alk. paper)
1. Personnel management. 2. Personnel management--Case studies. I. Information Resources Management Association.
HF5549.H8728 2012
658.3--dc23
2012010539
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, Editor-in-Chief
Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, DBA
Editor-in-Chief
Contemporary Research in Information Science and Technology, Book Series
Associate Editors
Steve Clarke, University of Hull, UK
Murray E. Jennex, San Diego State University, USA
Annie Becker, Florida Institute of Technology, USA
Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko, University of Tampere, Finland
Editorial Advisory Board
Sherif Kamel, American University in Cairo, Egypt
In Lee, Western Illinois University, USA
Jerzy Kisielnicki, Warsaw University, Poland
Keng Siau, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
Amar Gupta, Arizona University, USA
Craig van Slyke, University of Central Florida, USA
John Wang, Montclair State University, USA
Vishanth Weerakkody, Brunel University, UK