The Evidence Behind HR: An Open Evaluation of Contemporary HR Practices is a critical take on the assumptions and strategies used within modern HR practice. This book takes a detailed look at some of the latest academic and practitioner work used to justify mainstream HR practices. Chapters evaluate specific HR practices, including diversity training, organisational change management, and emotional intelligence-based selection. This work’s engaging and informative tone presents quality and transparency as a priority for research to inform future directions for modern HR practice.
Using an open scholarship perspective, The Evidence Behind HR questions the quality of evidence used to inform modern HR practices, such as diversity training, stress management interventions, and in-house evaluations. This book simplifies, summarises, and synthesises the latest research developments into accessible and actionable recommendations. Perfect for practitioners, students, and academics alike, this work provides practical support to help readers explore how to evaluate evidence, improve practices, and change thinking.
This book supports criticality surrounding taken-for-granted HR assumptions, and encourages reflective practitioners, academics, and students to be more interested and critically engaged with "evidence", and to change ways of thinking surrounding day-to-day practices.
Author(s): Thomas R. Evans
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 181
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
1 The Current State of Evidence Behind HR
References
2 DIY Analysis
The Argument Against
The Argument in Favour
Red Teams
Collaborative Frameworks
Conclusion
References
3 Selection and Assessment of Emotional Intelligence
Assumption 1: We Know What EI Is
Assumption 2: We Know How to Measure EI
Assumption 3: We Can Measure EI in a Robust and Bias-Free Way
Assumption 4: We Know EI Can Predict Desirable Outcomes
Assumption 5: We Know EI Can Predict Desirable Outcomes Beyond Current Practices
Time to Down Tools?
References
4 Diversity Training
Cognitive Approach
Affect
Behaviour
Evidence
References
5 Workplace Stress Interventions
The Basics
The Evidence
What Is Considered to Work?
Study Design and the Role of Randomised Control Trials
Evidence Quality
Theory
Recommendations
So, What Can We Do Now?
References
6 Organisational Change Initiatives
Can Change Be Successful?
The Evidence
The Value of Evidence-Based Practice
Moving Forward to Improve Evidence Quality
Conclusion
References
7 Preregistration in Organisations
Preregistration
Preregistration in HR
Preregistration in Academia
My Experience of Preregistration and Registered Reports
Conclusion
Starting Preregistering
Resources of Interest
Registered Reports
References
8 Sharing and Collaboration
Are We Learning?
Future Collaboration
References
9 The Future of Evidence in HR
References
Index
