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Human Resources from an Organizational Behavior Perspective: Some Paradoxes Explained

  • Jeffrey Pfeffer
Journal of Economic Perspectives
vol. 21, no. 4, Fall 2007
(pp. 115-134)
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Abstract

Workplaces in America and elsewhere show pervasive job dissatisfaction, distrust, and disengagement, with the evidence suggesting that these problems are getting worse and have a number of negative consequences for employers as well as employees. What follows is a necessarily selective exploration of human resource management in organizations, covering why it is often done so badly, what theory suggests about how to do it better, and why so little of what is known is actually implemented.

Citation

Pfeffer, Jeffrey. 2007. "Human Resources from an Organizational Behavior Perspective: Some Paradoxes Explained." Journal of Economic Perspectives, 21 (4): 115-134. DOI: 10.1257/jep.21.4.115

JEL Classification

  • M12 Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation
  • M50 Personnel Economics: General
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