Contemporary global issues in human resource management / edited by Dr Mehmet Ali Turkmenoglu (Muş Alparslan University, Turkey) and Dr Berat Cicek.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction Mehmet Ali Turkmenoglu and Berat Cicek -- Chapter 1. Contemporary Career Approaches for the Needs of Today's Individuals and Organizations Berat Cicek -- Chapter 2. Exploring Appearance-Based Discrimination in the Workplace Mehmet Ali Turkmenoglu -- Chapter 3. Diversity Management: Revealing the Need for a Context-Specific Approach Duygu Acar Erdur -- Chapter 4 .Work-Family Life Balance in the Changing Business World Meral Erdirençelebi -- Chapter 5. Human Resources Information Systems: A Recent Literature Survey Emrah Bilgic -- Chapter 6. Digital transformation and creation of an agile workforce: Exploring company initiatives and employee attitudes Deepanjana Varshney -- Chapter 7. Human Resource Management in Knowledge Intensive Firms Mustafa Doruk Mutlu -- Chapter 8. Human Resource Development (HRD) Requirements in Industrial Revolution 4.0 Mandy Mok Kim Man -- Chapter 9. Addressing Training and Development Bottlenecks in HRM: Facilitating a Paradigm Shift in Building Human Capital in Global Organizations Dixit Ramnath and Vinita Sinha -- Chapter 10. Educating the Global-Minded Business Professional and Manager Luis Miguel Bolívar -- Chapter 11. Dealing with Contemporary Failings of Ethics, Training, and Wellbeing: A Developmental Foundation of Authentic Relations Joseph Crawford and Matthew Knox -- Chapter 12. A Sociological Perspective for Understanding the Transition to Retirement Pelin Önder Erol -- Chapter 13. The Future of Seafarers and the Seafarers of the Future from the Perspective of Human Resources Management Aziz Muslu -- Chapter 14. Understanding Organizational Culture and Managing the Effectiveness of Knowledge Transfer Wong Mei Foong and Shankar Chelliah -- Chapter 15. Human Resources Management in Non-Profit Organizations: An Effective Approach to Manage Volunteers Mohammed Aboramadan.

Globalization, digitalization and social changes are rapidly impacting the world of business and in-turn, Human Resource Management practices. The book examines issues that employees encounter in the workplace: ethics, diversity, discrimination, generational differences, conflicts, participation, digitalization and work-life balance. Practitioners and researchers will gain enhanced understanding and awareness of these issues and more as they are investigated through an interdisciplinary, international and critical point of view.

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