"The study of human resource management (HRM) is more than a set of functions and techniques. It is, or should be, concerned with the nature and regulation of the employment relationship at the level of the workplace and broader society. HRM is not a discipline. It is a field of study to which a variety of disciplines contribute, notably sociology, psychology, and industrial relations. Nevertheless, within this field, theory building and scholarship can take place about the dynamics of work and employment relations and their various contexts. The above understandings shape our approach to teaching, research and knowledge exchange." Professor Dennis Nickson, Head of Department
Esteem
- Two prestigous journals, Work, Employment & Society and Employee Relations
- CIPD Centre of Research Excellence (only 12 of these in the UK, we are the only one in Scotland)
- Our research aims to be theory-led and policy-relevant
- Provider of choice for research contracts to AMICUS, one of Britain's biggest unions
- Home of the Scottish Centre for Employment Research (SCER)
- Members of the Department serve in and advise a variety of business, government and civil society organisations including the Scottish Government, the Equality and Human Rights Commission, the UK Call Centre Association, the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS), and the unions AMICUS and Uni-Graphical.
