SAGE Journal Articles

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Article 1

Walker, B., & Hamilton, R. (2011). Employment rights disputes: What is the role of HR professionals? Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, 49(4), 409–424.

Topics in this article:

  • This study explores the role of human resource specialists in the handling of employee grievances.
  • The role of HR staff in grievance processes can be ill-defined and shows wide variation, causing problems for both line managers and employees.

Questions from this article:

  1. How should the human resource manager’s role be defined in the grievance process?
  2. What should be the role of line versus staff managers in helping to resolve disputes in organizations?
  3. What are the different factors that may impact how a grievance is handled in an organization? How should each factor be handled to reduce problems in the grievance process?

 

Article 2

Durant, R. F., Girth, A. M., & Johnston, J. M. (2009). American exceptionalism, human resource management, and the contract state. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 29(3), 207–229.

Topics in this article:

  • This article puts public sector contracting and its effects in a larger historical, political, and democratic context by reviewing the American propensity for market-based solutions (including contracting) to government problems.
  • A variety of socioeconomic, political, and policy factors have increased the allure of nongovernmental, market-based approaches, such as contracting, to governments at all levels.

Questions from this article:

  1. How will the shift from nonmilitary civil service positions to contract positions affect HR issues for the impacted organizations? Will this impact differ depending on the type of contracting (products, services, core government functions, HRM functions)?
  2. Is the market-based HRM reform agenda in administrative reforms an enduring approach to HRM in the years ahead?
  3. Do HRM responsibilities and duties differ in public versus private sector organizations?