Managing Human Resources

1 Conceptualising human resource management in the context of the new normal:  An introductory chapter SECTION I CRITICAL ISSUES IN UNDERSTANDING THE DYNAMICS OF STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 2 Reinventing strategic human resource management 3 Changes, challenges and opportunities presented during the Covid-19 pandemic: Implications for HR on how to manage unplanned change in the new normal. 4 Designing work for humans: A human experience-based approach towards people management practices 5 New tools, new threats to HRM communicational practices as the increasingly important role of the manager in the organizational life 6 The new normal - Managing virtual working from a Human Resources perspective 7 Performance management for a future workforce: elegant, fair and durable 8 Remuneration framework in the new normal 9 Employee remuneration strategies within the new normal SECTION II CRITICAL ISSUES IN UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT OF THE NEW NORMAL ON THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EMPLOYEES 10 Wellbeing in the new world of work- a Positive Psychology perspective 11 Working remotely in the new normal: Towards a conceptual framework for managing employees' well-being 12 Personality as a predictor of career wellbeing 13 Employees' Mental Health Promotion Using Peer Support Model in the New Normal 14 Managing employees' career status in relation to organisational commitment and career adaptability 15 Coping with the new normal: Exploring self-perceived employability of knowledge workers. 16 Towards a National Employability Certificate SECTION III IMPACT OF NEW NORMAL ON INDIVIDUALS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS 17 Humanizing work places and enabling abilities: An Inclusive Approach to the new normal (Re-Normalizing together) 18 Digitalized Work Context and Employment of Older Adults with Autism in the New Normal 19 Working with individuals with Multiple Sclerosis during the new normal SECTION V:

Ingrid L. Potgieter is a Professor in Human Resource Management at the Department of Human Resource Management at UNISA. She is a registered industrial psychologist at the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) since 2009 and also a registered human resource practitioner and the South African board for people practices (SABPP). Ingrid Potgieter completed her Mcom degree in Human Resource Management and Industrial Psychology in 2009 at the University of Pretoria. She completed her Dcom Industrial Psychology degree at Unisa in 2012. She is also an author and co-author of several published articles in local and international journals. She presented several papers at national and international conferences. Ingrid Potgieter is a section editor for the South African Journal of Industrial Psychology and edited and co-edited a number of scholarly books published by an international publisher. She is further selected as the vice chair for the SABPP HR Research Initiative Committee (HRRI).

 

Nadia Ferreira is a Professor in Human Resource Management at the Department of Human Resource Management at the University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa. She is a registered human resource practitioner with the South African Board for People Practices (SABPP) and a NRF-rated researcher. Her research interests include issues of organisational psychology, career adaptability, organisational commitment, job embeddedness, and career and retention psychology in multicultural work contexts. Since 2019 Ferreira has been a section editor for the South African Journal of Industrial Psychology. She has published in numerous accredited academic journals and has edited, co-authored and contributed to chapters to scholarly books locally and internationally on the themes of human resource management, retention and career wellbeing. Ferreira has presented numerous academic papers at national and international conferences.