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The School of Human Resource Management (SHRM) at York University is Canada's leader in HRM education.

SHRM houses the single largest group of scholars of any Canadian university dedicated to the study of work, and all that it entails. Our cutting-edge research, undertaken within the range of methodological, ontological, and epistemological perspectives, addresses real-world problems and significant intellectual debates.

Expertise of our faculty members ranges all areas of HRM specialization, including but not limited to: career management, compensation, critical management studies, labour and employment law, gender and diversity, global HRM, industrial relations, recruitment and selection, labour economics and statistics, strategic HRM, training and development, and work-nonwork issues.

Over the past five years, our faculty members held SSHRC grants totaling over one million Canadian dollars and have published dozens of books and leading research papers in many of the world's top peer-reviewed academic journals.

SHRM delivers unique and innovative programs at the Undergraduate, Masters and Doctoral levels

What's New at SHRM?

SHRM Ph.D Students Excel, Nominated For Best Student Papers

In the News: Professor Doorey cited in Ontario Human Rights Commission's Statement on Employer Requests for Facebook Passwords from Job Applicants

We are Hiring: Two Sessional Positions Available in the School of HRM
In the News: Professor Karakowksy on whether high-potential leadership programs work

Professor Doorey's Workplace Law Blog recognized as top blog by a Canadian Law Professor--for third time.

Professor Julia Richardson's New Book published: New Ways of Organizing Work: Developments, Perspectives, and Experiences

We are Hiring!: Here is your chance to join Canada's leader in undergraduate and graduate teaching in HRM. Strategic HRM and Employment/Labour Law specialists sought.

In the News: Professor Doorey cited in Financial Times on Apple's supply chain management problems

Professor Tony Fang Elected President of Chinese Economists' Society

More SSHRC Grants Awarded to SHRM Faculty: Professors Budworth, Zikic, and Fang Win 2011 Research Grants

Professor Latham's new book is out!: The Multicultural Leader: Life Stories of Influence and Achievement

Professor Doorey's popular Workplace Law Blog now a Free I-Tunes App

New SHRM Ph.D Student Portal Launched. Check it out here.

Another Award for SHRM Faculty: Professor McKenna's Research Paper wins Most Outstanding Paper, 2011

In the News: Professor Fang on the Need for More Immigration

Canada's leading HRM Faculty awarded over $1 million in external research grants

Two More SHRM Professors named Editors of leading Journals. Professors Singh and McKenna named Associate Editors of Personnel Review

In the News: Professors Richardson and Ezzedeen, on Telework
Professor Belcourt only the fourth person to receive top HR award
Professor Fang studies macroeconomic impact of immigration on Canada
Professor Zikic explores careers for immigrant professionals

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Some Recent SHRM Faculty Publications

T. Fang, (2011), “Liability-of-Foreignness Effects on Job Success of Immigrant Job Seekers,” (with Samnani AK, Novicevic MM, Bing MN). Forthcoming. Journal of World Busines

Doorey, D., "Good Employer, Bad Employer: Insights from Decentred Regulation for Improving Employment Standards Compliance" (2012), Osgoode Hall Law Journal (forthcoming)

Fang, T and Y Ge, (2011) “Unions and Firm Innovation in China: Synergy or Strife?”
Forthcoming, China Economic Review

Fang, T. “Strategic Mis(fit): The Implementation of TQM in Manufacturing Organizations” (with CD Zatzick, and T Moliterno). Strategic Management Journal. Forthcoming.

Samnani, A., & Singh, P. (2011). "Stop Chasing Best Practices: Focus on Fit for Your HR Function". People & Strategy (formerly Human Resource Planning), 34(1), 34-38.

Love, L, & Singh, P. (2011)." Employer branding through human resource management." Journal of Business and Psychology, 26(2), 175-181

Doorey, D, and the Labour Law Casebook Group, Labour and Employment Law: Cases, Materials, and Commentary (2011, 8th Ed.)

McKenna, S., "A critical analysis of North American business leaders' neocolonial discourse: global fears and local consequences" (2011) 18 Organization 387

Chan, C. C. A., McBey, K. and Scott-Ladd, B. "Ethical Leadership in Modern Employment Relationship: Lessons from St. Benedict" (2011) 100(2) Journal of Business Ethics 221

Doorey, D., "The Transparent Supply Chain: From Resistance to Implementation at Nike and Levi-Strauss" (2011) Journal of Business Ethics

McKenna, S., Richardson, J., & Manroop, L. (2011). Alternative paradigms and the
study and practice of performance management and evaluation. Human Resource Management Review, 21(2): 148 – 157

L. Manroop (SHRM Ph.D Student) & P. Singh, "The Role of the AFL-CIO in Regime Change: The Case of Guyana, (2011), British Journal of Industrial Relations

Celani, A., & Singh, P. (2011) . Signalling theory and applicant reaction outcomes. Personnel Review. 40(2), 222-238

Budworth, M. & Mann, S. (2011). Performance management: Where do we go from here? Human Resource Management Review, 21, 81-84.

Zikic, J. & Franklin, M. (2010), "Enriching careers & lives: Introducing a positive, holistic, and narrative career counselling method that bridges theory and practice", Journal of Employment Counseling, 74, 180-189

Belcourt, M., G. Bohlander, S. Snell, Managing Human Resources (6th ed.) (Nelson, 2010)

For more publications, see the SHRM Faculty Publications page.

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