We revisit Karen Legge's (2001) critique of HRM in which she argues that the attempt of modernist/positivist HRM research to show that HRM improves organizational performance is a 'spent round'. We note that despite spirited challenges by Legge and others, the discourse of HRM is becoming...

This book treats seriously one of the fundamental trends characterizing contemporary institutions--namely, the inability to establish a ground from which purpose and direction can be defined. It questions the core trope of "permanent change" and exposes its emptiness in a thorough and considered...

Evelina Sander rekonstruiert den Demographie-Diskurs in Deutschland. mit Blick auf das Personalfeld und setzt dabei den Schwerpunkt auf die Periode nach der Jahrtausendwende. In ihrer auf der Wissenssoziologischen Diskursanalyse basierenden Untersuchung geht die Autorin folgenden Fragen nach:...

The field of talent management (TM) has grown over the last two decades, and much theoretical and methodological progress has been made in an effort to better conceptualize the field. Despite these efforts, the construction of knowledge within TM research has ignored power and gender dynamics....