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Important Knowledge And Competence For Successful Human Resource Leadership, Susan R. Madsen, Anita Musto
Important Knowledge And Competence For Successful Human Resource Leadership, Susan R. Madsen, Anita Musto
Susan R. Madsen
This research study was designed to investigate what areas of knowledge and skill are most important for successful human resource leaders to possess. This study also examined the relationships between various demographic variables (e.g., job title or position, company size, gender, and years of experience) to see if they were related to perceptions of importance with the various HR areas. Respondents included HR leaders as well as business managers and executives who had close and continuous working relationships with HR leaders. Results include the mean, standard deviation, frequencies, and percentages of the 27 items on the HR leadership knowledge and …
Taking Stock Of Work-Family Initiatives: How Announcements Of "Family'friendly" Human Resource Decisions Affect Shareholder Value, M. M. Arthur, Alison Cook
Taking Stock Of Work-Family Initiatives: How Announcements Of "Family'friendly" Human Resource Decisions Affect Shareholder Value, M. M. Arthur, Alison Cook
Alison Cook
Sampling 231 work-family initiatives announced in the Wall Street Journal, this study examines the relationship between work-family human resource decisions and share price reaction. Consistent with past research, the results suggest that firm announcements of work-family initiatives positively affect shareholder return. In addition, we find that timing influences the relationship in three scenarios. First, pioneers of work-family initiatives generate larger share price reactions than later adopters of the same initiative. Second, the first work-family announcement a firm releases influences share price reaction more than successive work-family announcements by the same firm. Third, share price reactions to work-family human resource decisions …
Traits, Skills, And Knowledge Required Of Successful Human Resource Leaders, Susan R. Madsen, Anita Musto
Traits, Skills, And Knowledge Required Of Successful Human Resource Leaders, Susan R. Madsen, Anita Musto
Susan R. Madsen
One challenge for institutions of higher learning is developing and redesigning programs and curriculum that will prepare graduates to meet the current and ongoing demands of the workplace. Partnerships between academia and business working together for this purpose are imperative. Human resource management is one of the fastest changing areas in business. This article reports qualitative data collected to explore the general areas of knowledge, skills, traits, and characteristics most important for successful human resource leadership. The results of this study will assist practitioners and academia in the development of cutting-edge human resource leadership programs and curriculum.