Why Human Capital is Important for Organizations: People Come First [Hardcover]

This book encompasses eleven chapters dealing with some of the most important issues in the field of human resource management through the exploration of four key themes: drawing the scenario, the pivots of human capital, measuring human capital, and good practices from abroad.Introduction; Nigel Nicholson PART I: DRAWING THE SCENARIO 1. The Work between Fordism and Post-Fordism; Giacomo Pisani 2. The Job-fatigue and the Emancipation of Workers: Past Scenarios and Perspectives; Nicola Costantino, Gaetano Veneto and Pasquale Davide de Palma 3. Organizational Resiliency and Individual Employability: a Note on the Role of Psychological Capital in Change Management; Amelia Manuti PART II: THE PIVOTS OF HUMAN CAPITAL 4. Entrepreneurial Employees; Francisco Diaz Bretones 5. Leading with Heart: The Impact of Emotionally Intelligent Leadership; Kenneth S. Rhee and Tracey H. Sigler 6. How Expectation Theories are Involved in Internal and External Components of Work Experience: Some Reflections to Recruit and Guide Candidates; Grazia De Benedictis and Pasquale Davide de Palma 7. Assessment in the Work Context; Clive Fletcher PART III: MEASURING HUMAN CAPITAL 8. Measuring and Managing the financial performance of Human Capital Investments; Frank DiBernardino 9. People Performance Plan...Going Beyond the Present ...into the Future; Pasquale Davide De Palma PART IV: GOOD PRACTICES FROM ABROAD 10. Human Capital Management in Asia. The War on Talent Continues in this High-Growth Region; Fermin Diez 11. Talent in Transition! How People and Organizations Need to Change with Changing Times? The Dynamics and Constants of Transience; Sandeep Apte Conclusions. (Why) People (really) Come FirstDr. Amelia Manuti is Assistant Professor and researcher in Work and Organizational Psychology at the University of Bari, Italy. She attained her PhD in Psychology of Communication. Her main research interests refer to the meaning of working in school-to-university and university-to-work transitions,ls(