This book
is a pioneering work that maps out the ideological evolution of HRM research
and practices, with a particular focus on our contemporary era of multinational
corporations. It explores the ideological evolution of Human Resource
Management (HRM) from the 1950s to the present day and maps out the development
of HRM research and practices from a Critical Theory perspective. Its findings
open up avenues for metatheoretical development within the HRM research field
and provide employees under modern capitalism with emancipatory awareness.
Both the
theoretical framework and the empirical findings of this study will be of
interest to HRM researchers as well as management researchers of all epistemological
backgrounds, particularly those working within Critical Management Studies. This
work will also appeal to teachers and students, and it could serve as a textbook
for a number of postgraduate level courses, including Organization Theory,
Critical Management Studies, Human Resource Management, Business History,
Sociology of Management, and Critical Theory.