Agonism and the Possibilities of Ethics for HRM

This paper provides a critique and re-evaluation of the way that ethics is understood and promoted within mainstream Human Resource Management (HRM) discourse. We argue that the ethics located within this discourse focuses on bolstering the relevance of HRM as a key contributor to organizational str...

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Authors: Rhodes, Carl (Author) ; Harvey, Geraint (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer 2012
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2012, Volume: 111, Issue: 1, Pages: 49-59
Further subjects:B Resistance
B Human Resource Management
B Employee Relations
B Agonism
B Politics
B Organizational Ethics
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