MGMT 496 - Current Issues in HR Management

This nonprofit research organization provides "information and data about women in the workplace." Many free full text reports on the site cover topics related to women’s leadership, organizational change & effectiveness, women of color / visible minorities, and work-life effectiveness. Catalyst also examines the career challenges of business women in specific industries such as finance, law, sales, science, and technology.

Site has research overviews, reports, best practices, and webcasts on topics such as Compensation, Employee Engagement, Talent Management, Compensation, Diversity & Inclusion, HR Strategy, HR Analytics/Metrics, Chief Human Resource Manager (CHRO) Role and Globalization.
TIP: Use links in left column to find reports.

University of Michigan center "devoted to energizing and transforming organizations through research on the theory and practice of positive organizing and leadership." Includes a number of articles and essays on POS.

CERI researches "topics that focus on education and employment, specifically for the college educated segment of the labor force." Site offers executive summaries of the report Recruiting Trends, "an annual survey of national employers seeking their intentions for hiring new college graduates. This study provides a snapshot of factors influencing the college labor market, as well as in-depth examination of key issues in college recruiting."

"The Great Place to Work Institute, Inc. is a research and management consultancy based in the U.S. with International Affiliate offices throughout the world." Site offers best practices, articles on how to build trust in the workplace, and a database of data from various "Best Company to Work For" lists. It can take some looking around to find the articles which can be found in more than one place on the web site.

U.C. Berkeley's interdisciplinary research institute - connect to its four different working papers series.

Manpower offers free research articles and reports including the Millennial Careers: 2020 Vision, Employment Outlook Survey, and other reports related to hiring trends and other human resource issues.

Site has working papers, research reports, and book chapters on topics related to employment and unemployment such as: disability & workers' compensation, economic development and local labor markets, family labor issues, unemployment insurance, Welfare-to-Work, work arrangements, workforce quality and training.