Human Resource Management
Article Databases
Search for articles from scholarly, general business, and trade journals in any of the Business articles databases available through the Library.
ABI/Inform (Proquest): Business news in scholarly and trade journals, general business magazines, and newspapers; includes the Wall Street Journal.
Business Source Complete (Ebsco): Business journals and trends; includes Datamonitor company reports as well as industry reports.
Lexis Nexis Academic Universe: Excellent source for newspapers. Search under both "news" and "business." Company and financial information is available under "Business."
LexisNexis Academic Universe - Legal:Provides access to a wide range of reference, business, news, legal, and congressional information. Includes company and industry information. This link goes directly to the legal page.
Government Resources
"The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics. The BLS is an independent national statistical agency that collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates essential statistical data to the American public, the U.S. Congress, other Federal agencies, State and local governments, business, and labor. The BLS also serves as a statistical resource to the Department of Labor."
"The Department of Labor fosters and promotes the welfare of the job seekers, wage earners, and retirees of the United States by improving their working conditions, advancing their opportunities for profitable employment, protecting their retirement and health care benefits, helping employers find workers, strengthening free collective bargaining, and tracking changes in employment, prices, and other national economic measurements."
DOL Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
"Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is responsible for ensuring that contractors doing business with the Federal government do not discriminate and take affirmative action."
US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission:
"The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was established by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and began operating on July 2, 1965. The EEOC enforces the following federal statutes:
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, (Title VII) prohibiting employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin;
Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) of 1967, as amended, prohibiting employment discrimination against individuals 40 years of age and older;
Equal Pay Act (EPA) of 1963, prohibiting discrimination on the basis of gender in compensation for substantially equal work performed under similar conditions;
Title I and Title V of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, prohibiting employment discrimination on the basis of disability in the private sector and state and local governments;
Sections 501 and 505 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, prohibiting employment discrimination against federal employees with disabilities; and,
Civil Rights Act of 1991, providing monetary damages in cases of intentional discrimination and clarifying provisions regarding disparate impact actions."
National Labor Relations Board:
"The National Labor Relations Board is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1935 to administer the National Labor Relations Act, the primary law governing relations between unions and employers in the private sector. "
US Office of Personnel Mangement:
"It is OPM’s job to build a high quality and diverse Federal workforce, based on merit system principles, that America needs to guarantee freedom, promote prosperity and ensure the security of this great Nation."
Associations and Organizations
Labor and Employment Relations Association:
"The Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA) is the singular organization in the country where professionals interested in all aspects of labor and employment relations network to share ideas and learn about new developments, issues, and practices in the field. Founded in 1947 as the Industrial Relations Research Association (IRRA), the National LERA provides a unique forum where the views of representatives of labor, management, government and academics, advocates and neutrals are welcome"
Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM):
"The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is the world’s largest professional association devoted to human resource management. Our mission is to serve the needs of HR professionals by providing the most current and comprehensive resources, and to advance the profession by promoting HR’s essential, strategic role. "
World at Work (formerly American Compensation Association):
"WorldatWork is the world's leading not-for-profit professional association dedicated to knowledge leadership in total rewards, compensation, benefits, and work-life. Founded in 1955, WorldatWork focuses on human resources disciplines associated with attracting, motivating and retaining employees."
World Federationof Personnel Management Associations:
"The WFPMA is a global network of professionals in people management. It was founded in 1976 to aid the development and improve the effectiveness of professional people management all over the world. "
"The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) is a voluntary federation of 56 national and international labor unions."
College and University Professional Association for Human Resources
"CUPA-HR provides global leadership to the higher education human resources profession and the higher education community by offering essential knowledge, resources and connections that enhance individual and institutional capacity and competitiveness."
The Drucker Institute : Institute named after Peter Drucker who was a author, professor, and consultant. He developed the concept of Management By Objective (MBO) in the 1950s and pushed for the industrialized worker to have a voice in the governance of the corporation.
International Business
Economic Freedom Index - by the Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal. Attempts to quantify the amount of economic freedom by judging Overall countries based on 10 categories: Business Freedom, Trade Freedom, Fiscal Freedom, Government Size, Monetary Freedom, Investment Freedom, Financial Freedom, Property Rights, Freedom from Corruption, and Labor Freedom
Economic Freedom Network Index - Economic freedom has been shown in numerous peer-reviewed studies to promote prosperity and other positive outcomes. It is a necessary condition for democratic development. It liberates people from dependence on government in a planned economy, and allows them to make their own economic and political choices.
Geert Hofstede's Homepage - Dutch Sociologist who studies culture through 4 (now 5) lenses: Power Distance, Individualism, Masculinity, and Uncertainty Avoidance. Has added a 5th dimension of Long-term versus short-term orientation. Studies originally done for IBM to help them manage their multi-national operations. Lately there has been some controversy regarding his ratings and analysis of cultures. Critiques and analysis can be read at the International Business Center Web Site, the site provides an both an explanation of Hofstede's work as well as links to articles that offer critiques of his work.
Books
The Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Human Resource Management [electronic resource] edited by Lawrence H. Peters, Charles R. Greer, and Stuart A. Youngblood
From the Publisher:
The Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Human Resource Management provides clear, concise, up to the minute and highly informative definitions and explanations of the key concepts covering the whole of the fast changing field of human resource management. Bringing together specially commissioned and carefully edited entries from an international team of the world's best known and respected scholars and teachers, this will become the standard reference for students, researchers, academics and practitioners. The Dictionary has been carefully designed to give both the expert and the newcomer overviews with succinct presentations of the most important traditional and contemporary issues in human resource management.
Managing human resources in small and mid-sized companies [electronic resource] by Diane Arthur
From the Publisher:
There is a glut of human resources books aimed at large companies. But Managing Human Resources in Small and Mid-Sized Companies remains the only book to address the unique challenges confronting organizations in the 100 to 1,500 employee range. And it is now completely updated to reflect current legal requirements, compensation trends, advances in information management, and much more. This comprehensive, clearly written guide shows readers how to: set up or expand a human resources department, recruit, interview, select, and orient new employees, establish compensation, benefits, and performance appraisal programs
Manager's legal handbook [electronic resource] by Lisa Guerin & Amy DelPo
From the Publisher:
The quick reference to employment law for anyone who oversees workers. Contains: frequently asked questions, concise articles, helpful tips, "lessons from the real world", dozens of resources, online and off
Winning the technology talent war [electronic resource] : a manager's guide to recruiting and retaining tech workers in a dot-com world / Mary Ellen Brantley, Chris Coleman edited by Lawrence H. Peters, Charles R. Greer, and Stuart A. Youngblood
From the Publisher:
Smart strategies and practical advice for solving the high-tech talent shortage Winning the Technology Talent War shows companies how to create an effective recruiting and hiring plan and an environment that fosters employee satisfaction and prevents turnover. The book is packed with expert advice, tools, and techniques for recruiting, hiring, and retaining the most valuable technology workers.
