This book takes a practical approach to human resource management (HRM), providing practising managers, researchers, and students with a framework for developing and implementing human-centred HR strategies. Enabling human-centred HRM approaches allows businesses and industries to implement suitable processes and systems which keep their employees’ wellbeing in mind and build sustainable workforces, and organisations. The book focuses on the use of numerous tools in HR analytics and their application across disciplines and industries. Using empirical data, review of existing research, and case studies, the chapters in the volume look at the organisational processes and performance of various HRM strategies and explore themes such as diversity and inclusiveness in the workplace, organisational culture, inclusive leadership, non-verbal communication, cross-cultural management, work-life balance, and the focus on the physical and emotional wellbeing of employees. Part of Contemporary Management Practices series, this book will be useful to practising managers, researchers, and students of human resource management, organizational studies, business studies, psychology, and behavioural sciences.

Table of Contents:
List of Figures x List of Tables xii List of Contributors xv Series Editors’ Preface xxii Acknowledgements xxiv 1 Introduction 1 ASHUTOSH MUDULI AND DIPAK SAHA 2 Cultural Differences and Its Influence on Employees’ Behaviour at the Workplace 8 NAMRATA ANAND AND RICHA RAGHUVANSHI 3 Diversity and Inclusion in Workplace: Strategies and Approaches 23 SOMA CHAKRABORTY, JUTHIKA KONWAR AND RITUPARNA ROY 4 Cross-Cultural Management and Employee Motivation on Female Millennials of IT Organizations: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach 32 CHITTARANJAN BEHERA AND SUBHAJIT PAHARI 5 A Structural Equation Modeling Approach to Validate the Dimensions of Corporate Culture in Hotels in India 43 DIPA BANERJEE AND MANOJIT MITRA 6 Drivers of Job Satisfaction for Academicians in Ahmedabad During COVID-19 56 ARNAZ WADIA 7 Adapting to Organizational Change: Role of Locus of Control and Work Characteristics 64 SUJATA BOSE 8 A Canonical Correlation Between Emotional Wellbeing and Academic Administration 72 SWATI BANERJEE AND DIPA MITRA 9 Comprehending Collaborative Compensation Management Practices: Framing Items for the ‘Car-Per-Job-Com’ Scale 81 PARTHA NASKAR 10 Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation Among IT Employees 90 PAYAL BANERJEE 11 Determinants and Models of Turnover Intention of Faculty Members of Higher Educational Institutes: A Review 99 RAJARSHI CHAKRABORTY AND PARVEEN AHMED ALAM 12 The Impact of Psychological Contract on Organizational Outcome: An Analysis in the Context of Private Universities 107 ANINDITA CHAKRABORTY, FEDRIC KUJUR, ANIRBAN MANDAL, SAIKAT CHAKRABARTI AND DIPAK SAHA 13 Perceived Consequences of Micro-Inequity in Workplace for a Sustainable Workforce: A Study on Indian IT Solutions and BPO Professionals 116 ISHITA CHATTERJEE, SREEPARNA BHATTACHARYYA AND SAIKAT CHAKRABARTI 14 Perceived Quality of Work Life and Its Influence on Organizational Commitment Among the Nurses of NABHAccredited Hospitals in Karnataka, India 132 RAKESH KUMAR B, K. ANNAPOORNESHWARI SHETTY, AND VANITHA T 15 Virtual Human Resource Management (V-HRM): Impact of Its Strategic Applications on Enhancing Organizational Efficiency 145 SATAKSHI CHATTERJEE, ARUNANGSHU GIRI AND SWATEE BISWAS 16 Entrepreneurial Ability of Rural Women Artisans: A Case of Birbhum District of West Bengal 155 SRIPARNA GUHA, ANIRBAN MANDAL, FEDRIC KUJUR, SAIKAT CHAKRABARTI AND DIBYENDU CHATTARAJ Index 163