TY - BOOK ID - 36749471 TI - Explaining the performance of human resource management AU - Fleetwood, Steve AU - Hesketh, Anthony PY - 2010 SN - 0521875994 0521699355 9786612725036 0511788746 0511781105 0511789475 0511788010 0511785739 1282725033 0511786875 1107210704 0511848560 9780511789472 9780511781100 9780521875998 9780521699358 9781107210707 9780511848568 9781282725034 6612725036 9780511788741 9780511786877 9780511785733 9780511788017 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Personnel management. KW - Management. KW - Administration KW - Industrial relations KW - Organization KW - Corporations KW - Employment management KW - Human resource management KW - Human resources management KW - Manpower utilization KW - Personnel administration KW - Management KW - Public administration KW - Employees KW - Employment practices liability insurance KW - Supervision of employees KW - Personnel management KW - E-books UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:36749471 AB - Human resource departments increasingly use the statistical analysis of performance indicators as a way of demonstrating their contribution to organizational performance. In this book, Steve Fleetwood and Anthony Hesketh take issue with this 'scientific' approach by arguing that its preoccupation with statistical analysis is misplaced because it fails to take account of the complexities of organizations and the full range of issues that influence individual performance. The book is split into three parts. Part I deconstructs research into the alleged link between people and business performance by showing that it cannot explain the associations it alleges. Part II attributes these shortcomings to the importation of spurious 'scientific' methods, before going on to suggest more appropriate methods that might be used in future. Finally, Part III explores how HR executives and professionals understand their work and shows how a critical realist stance adds value to this understanding through enhanced explanation. ER -