Are humans resources?

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dc.contributor.authorInkson, Kerr
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-02T00:59:35Z
dc.date.available2013-12-02T00:59:35Z
dc.date.copyright2008
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractPurpose – This paper aims to offer a critique, from a career studies perspective, of the common term “human resource management.” Design/methodology/approach – Provides a literature review and critique. Findings – The term “human resource management” is a metaphor that presents employees as passive commodities or assets rather than as active agents, and thereby potentially de-humanizes them. In an alternative view based on career studies, individual employees are active agents utilizing the resources of employing organizations to pursue personal goals. Alternative terms to “human resource management” are suggested. Research limitations/implications – There is scope for study of the effects of “human resources” terminology on employees' and others' view of and attitude to the human resource management function. Practical implications – Examination of “human resources” discourse may promote examination of the implications of current discourse for practice, facilitate moderation of practice, and stimulate the search for new discourse and new practice, by both organizations and individuals. Originality/value – This paper questions a prevailing and widely accepted form of discourse in management and advocates change.en_NZ
dc.identifier.citationInkson, K. (2008). Are humans resources? Career Development International, 13(3), 270-279.en_NZ
dc.identifier.doi10.1108/13620430810870511en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10289/8261
dc.language.isoenen_NZ
dc.publisherEmerald Group Publishing Limiteden_NZ
dc.relation.isPartOfCareer Development Internationalen_NZ
dc.relation.ispartofCareer Development International
dc.relation.urihttp://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=1724525en_NZ
dc.subjectcareersen_NZ
dc.subjecthuman resource managementen_NZ
dc.subjectmetaphorsen_NZ
dc.titleAre humans resources?en_NZ
dc.typeJournal Articleen_NZ
pubs.begin-page270en_NZ
pubs.elements-id33041
pubs.end-page279en_NZ
pubs.issue3en_NZ
pubs.volume13en_NZ
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