Managing Human Resources: The New Normal

by Ingrid L. Potgieter (Editor), Nadia Ferreira (Editor)

Overview

This book volume crafts an exciting, original account on the changes and requirements on managing human resources within the context of the new normal. Chapters in this book report on current research on the key constructs and processes underlying the management of human resources, both on an organisational strategic level as well as an individual employee level. Chapters compare current research trends in terms of future potential directions for the management of human resources within the context of the new normal. The book also critically evaluates the relevance, applicability and utility of the research findings and theoretical premises in various classical, current and potential emerging issues for research and practice in the smart digital technological world of work for human resource management.

This volume approaches the concept of managing human resources with the new normal working context from a number of different angles. The authors have categorized them as conceptualizing human resource management in the context of the new normal (Part I), the critical issues in understanding the dynamics of strategic human resources management (Part II), critical issues in understanding the impact of the new normal on the psychology of employees (Part III), and the impact of the new normal on individuals with special needs (Part IV). The book ends in Part V of the volume, with an integrated reflection and conclusion on emerging issues for research and practice. The primary audience for this book volume is advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students in human resource management, as well as scholars in both academic and new normal working contexts. Human resource management practitioners will also have an interest in this book volume.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783031098055
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	09/01/2022
Edition description:	1st ed. 2022
Pages:	335
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Ingrid L. Potgieter is a Professor in Human Resource Management at the Department of Human Resource Management at UNISA. She is a registered industrial psychologist at the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) since 2009 and also a registered human resource practitioner and the South African board for people practices (SABPP). Ingrid Potgieter completed her Mcom degree in Human Resource Management and Industrial Psychology in 2009 at the University of Pretoria. She completed her Dcom Industrial Psychology degree at Unisa in 2012. She is also an author and co-author of several published articles in local and international journals. She presented several papers at national and international conferences. Ingrid Potgieter is a section editor for the South African Journal of Industrial Psychology and edited and co-edited a number of scholarly books published by an international publisher. She is further selected as the vice chair for the SABPP HR Research Initiative Committee (HRRI).

Nadia Ferreira is a Professor in Human Resource Management at the Department of Human Resource Management at the University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa. She is a registered human resource practitioner with the South African Board for People Practices (SABPP) and a NRF-rated researcher. Her research interests include issues of organisational psychology, career adaptability, organisational commitment, job embeddedness, and career and retention psychology in multicultural work contexts. Since 2019 Ferreira has been a section editor for the South African Journal of Industrial Psychology. She has published in numerous accredited academic journals and has edited, co-authored and contributed to chapters to scholarly books locally and internationally on the themes of human resource management, retention and career wellbeing. Ferreira has presented numerous academic papers at national and international conferences.

Table of Contents

1 Conceptualising human resource management in the context of the new normal: An introductory chapter
SECTION I CRITICAL ISSUES IN UNDERSTANDING THE DYNAMICS OF STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
2 Reinventing strategic human resource management
3 Changes, challenges and opportunities presented during the Covid-19 pandemic: Implications for HR on how to manage unplanned change in the new normal.
4 Designing work for humans: A human experience-based approach towards people management practices
5 New tools, new threats to HRM communicational practices as the increasingly important role of the manager in the organizational life
6 The new normal - Managing virtual working from a Human Resources perspective
7 Performance management for a future workforce: elegant, fair and durable
8 Remuneration framework in the new normal
9 Employee remuneration strategies within the new normal SECTION II CRITICAL ISSUES IN UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT OF THE NEW NORMAL ON THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EMPLOYEES
10 Wellbeing in the new world of work- a Positive Psychology perspective
11 Working remotely in the new normal: Towards a conceptual framework for managing employees’ well-being 12 Personality as a predictor of career wellbeing
13 Employees’ Mental Health Promotion Using Peer Support Model in the New Normal
14 Managing employees’ career status in relation to organisational commitment and career adaptability
15 Coping with the new normal: Exploring self-perceived employability of knowledge workers.
16 Towards a National Employability Certificate
SECTION III IMPACT OF NEW NORMAL ON INDIVIDUALS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
17 Humanizing work places and enabling abilities: An Inclusive Approach to the new normal (Re-Normalizing together) 18 Digitalized Work Context and Employment of Older Adults with Autism in the New Normal
19 Working with individuals with Multiple Sclerosis during the new normal
SECTION V: INTEGRATION AND CONCLUSION
20 Reflection on the impact of the new normal on the management of human resource management