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Towards Critical Human Resource Management Education (CHRME): a sociological imagination approach

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  • John Bratton

    (Athabasca University, Canada)

  • Jeff Gold

    (Leeds Metropolitan University, UK)

Abstract

This article explores the professional standing of the discipline of human resource management (HRM) in business schools in the post-financial crisis period. Using the prism of the sociological imagination, it explains the learning to be gained from teaching HRM that is sensitive to context, power and inequality. The context of crisis provides ideal circumstances for critical reflexivity and for integrating wider societal issues into the HRM curriculum. It argues for Critical Human Resource Management Education or CHRME, which, if adopted, would be an antidote to prescriptive practitioner-oriented approaches. It proceeds to set out five principles for CHRME: using the ‘sociological imagination’ prism; emphasizing the social nature of the employment relationship; investigating paradox within HRM; designing learning outcomes that encourage students to appraise HRM outcomes critically; and reflexive critique. Crucially, CHRME offers a teaching strategy that does not neglect or marginalize the reality of structural power, inequality and employee work experiences.

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  • John Bratton & Jeff Gold, 2015. "Towards Critical Human Resource Management Education (CHRME): a sociological imagination approach," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 29(3), pages 496-507, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:woemps:v:29:y:2015:i:3:p:496-507
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    1. Bordunos, A. & Kosheleva, S., 2018. "Institutional fit of Strategic Human Resource Management: Myth, limitation or advantage?," Working Papers 15107, Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg State University.
    2. Marco Guerci & Adelien Decramer & Thomas Waeyenberg & Ina Aust, 2019. "Moving Beyond the Link Between HRM and Economic Performance: A Study on the Individual Reactions of HR Managers and Professionals to Sustainable HRM," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 160(3), pages 783-800, December.

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