THE POLITICS OF HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; A COMPLEX NECESSITY IN ORGANISATIONS

Casely Ato Coleman

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This paper provides a theoretical discussion of the political nature of human resources management (HRM) in organisations. Challenged with the paucity of research on the politics of HRM, the discussion reviews literature on studies of organisational politics broadly and then develops a framework to help understand factors that result in positive and negative use of politics in HRM in an organisation. The study concludes that three factors determine the politics of HRM. Namely, clarity of HR theory of change, visibility and consistent application of HR operational excellence standard and the satisfaction-and-performance nexus inherent in all senior leadership HRM decision-making processes and outcomes.

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politics, human resources management, organisational culture

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