Asia Pacific Human Resource Management and Organisational Effectiveness: Impacts on Practice

Asia Pacific Human Resource Management and Organisational Effectiveness: Impacts on Practice explores the concepts and applications of strategic human resource management (SHRM) theory on the roles and practices of human resource professionals employed in organizations across the Asia Pacific region.

It blends new conceptual frameworks with empirical evidence, case illustrations, and company examples from a variety of countries in the region, exploring the economic, political, socio-cultural, demographic, and professional dimensions of the topic.

Country studies (for example, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, China, India, Korea and Australia) are included, examining the relationships between SHRM and talent management, knowledge workers, quality of work and human capital management in the Asian region.

Presents the first book to explore the link between HRM and organizational effectivenessProvides new empirical and case study research on relevant issues regarding strategic human resource managementOffers a blend of experienced global HRM scholars with enthusiastic regional academicsIncludes an amalgam of conceptual and practical approaches to the topic

Ch. 1 - Introduction: Human resource management and organisational effectiveness – an overview and synthesis A. Nankervis, C. Rowley, N.M. Salleh

Section 1: Contextual frameworks

Ch. 2 - ASEAN and the AEC: Challenges and opportunities for human resource management, D.J.Q. Chen, W. Su-Yen

Ch. 3 - Emerging HRM perspectives on emotional intelligence, mindfulness and neurobiological science on organisational effectiveness P. Hosie, A. Sharma, L. Herkenhoff, J.A. Heydenfeldt, R.P.J. Kingshott

Section 2: Regional HRM perspectives

Ch. 4 - Where was HRM? The crisis of public confidence in Australia’s banks, A. Montague, R. Larkin, J. Burgess

Ch. 5 - HRM as a strategic business partner: The contributions of strategic agility, knowledge management and management development in multinational enterprises – empirical insights from India S. Ananthram

Ch. 6 - An exploratory study of HRM roles and competencies in Vietnam, India and Malaysia V. Prikshat, N.M. Salleh, A. Nankervis

Chapter 7 - HRM roles in paradise: Strategic or administrative? A study of tourist resorts in the Maldives A. Najeeb

Ch. 8 - The quality of working Australia and its relevance for HRM and organisational effectiveness in the Asia Pacific J. Connell, J. Burgess

Section 3: Employment relations and Islamic perspectives

Ch. 9 - Collective voice and union effectiveness: Is relational capital the missing link N.M. Salleh, A.K. Rosline, J.K.S. Len, K.Ag. Budin

Ch. 10 - A study on the determinants of job satisfaction from an Islamic perspective: Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam and Malaysia R.U. Mohammed

Ch. 11 - Conclusion: The human resource management–organisational effectiveness link: overview and the role of HR practitioners C. Rowley, A. Nankervis, N.M. Salleh