A Contextual Approach is a textbook by Jaap Paauwe on strategic human resource management. The book examines the influence of HRM on organizational performance and provides theoretical insights, practical examples, and tools for professionals.
The book addresses the broader relationship between strategy, human resource management, and performance, with attention to both financial results and employee well-being. It advocates a context-oriented approach and introduces the Contextual Strategic Human Resource Management Framework.
Features
- Author: Jaap Paauwe, professor of Human Resource Studies at Tilburg University
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication date: 9 November 2017
- Number of pages: 256
- ISBN: 9780198808602
- Topic: Personnel and human resources management
- BISAC: Business & Economics / Human Resources & Personnel Management
About the author
Jaap Paauwe is Director of the People Management Centre and author of several well-regarded publications on human resource management. His work focuses on the connection between HRM, strategy, and performance, with a critical look at commonly used definitions and applications in resource management.