Research Handbook on HRM in the Public Sector

Book excerpt: Bringing together over 50 leading global experts, this Research Handbook provides a state-of-the-art overview of research findings regarding Human Resource Management (HRM) in the public sector. Original chapters provide useful insights from two different disciplines: public administration and human resource management. They illustrate that the public context of organisations matters and discuss research findings detailing how this plays out in practice. Divided into five distinct parts, this Research Handbook covers the key areas of strategic HRM, the HRM cycle, HRM and the outcomes, linking mechanisms in the HRM value chain as well as HRM and context. Providing crucial information, the editors and contributors examine the main future challenges for HRM in public organisations and provide extensive knowledge across different areas for future research. This engaging Research Handbook will be an excellent resource for scholars in public administration as well as HRM practitioners and scholars with interests in the public contexts and how this affects HRM. It will also provide obligatory reading for advanced students to understand the distinctiveness of HRM in public organisations.