Introduction to "Paradigm Development and Diffusion in Human Resource Management over 39 Years of Scholarship".

Human resource management (HRM) as an academic discipline arose from the field ofindustrial relations (IR) which focused on studies of the trade union movement and collective bargaining. Originally, personnel management (now HRM) was a major school contained within US IR which also included industrial psychology and industrial management. In her article, she examines 39 years' worth of the published scholarship found in the prominent HRM paradigms which include Core HRM, Critical HRM, Critical Management Studies, Strategic HRM and IR. [Extracted from the article]

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