Categories: Human Resource

Impact of the disciplines of Psychology and Economics on Human Resource Management

&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;left&semi;margin&colon;0px 0px 0px 0&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">In human resource management employees’ hiring&comma; payroll&comma; compensation and benefits and training all are managed in order to make a person a resourceful candidate for the company&period; These tasks are costly and when an employee leaves the company&comma; the company not only loses a valuable employee but also the investment made by company to make that person more effective&period; Therefore when hiring decision is made termination costs are also considered and this might impacts the hiring process &lpar;Gunderson&comma; 2001&rpar;&period; In ENM production manager was terminated because he was providing no benefits to the company&period; Compensation and salary costs were incurred without him delivering his objectives&period; This analysis of cost vs benefit made Carnegie fire Miller&period; Not only had this he hired incompetent people&comma; who were his relatives&comma; in the company increasing fixed costs for the company without benefit&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">The economies of termination sometimes force employer to provide growth platforms and growth opportunities to employees like providing them with trainings and rotations in their desirable field&period; The high fixed costs associated with hiring permanent employees have encouraged employers to look for alternate solutions like contractual employees&period; The fixed costs also make companies force their employees to work for long and extended hours without being paid for overtime and describe commitment as a desirable employee characteristic&comma; which in other words mean sitting late for work and not asking for vacations&period; The hiring cost have also made employers stringent in terms of workforce size and majority employers prefer to hire one person which should have been a job of two&period; Employers have also being known to have deferred their employees’ promotions and benefits due to higher costs&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">&lbrack;large&rsqb;Psychology plays an important role in determining how a person would react to different situations facing him in the workplace&period; This is the reason why interviewers stress a lot on behavioral questions&comma; they try to gauge if the person is an organizational fit or not&period; Different people are motivated by different factors and it depends on their personality&comma; some feel satisfied when they are paid well&comma; for some appreciation from their boss matters a lot&comma; others just feel that if their job is enriching and fulfilling then it is perfect for them&period; &lpar;Rasim&comma; 2008&rpar; &period; Leadership&comma; the phenomenon which we all hear about all the time&comma; depends on how closely followers monitor their leader&comma; how much do they understand him and respect his abilities to lead them&period; Effective leadership occurs when followers voluntarily agree to what their leader says&period; This doesn’t mean that followers should agree to even the illogical and irrational things their leaders say&period; In this case Miller h bought loyalty of his people by hiring his own relatives and now they were protesting against his termination&period; Psychology impacts how an individual will behave with his&sol;her colleagues&comma; the interpersonal skills of a person is shaped by psychology&period; If a person is insecure and lacks certain skills that he&sol;she feels his&sol;her subordinates possess&comma; then he&sol;she is definitely going to give them a tough time&period; Doubting their every intention and fearing that they might take over his&sol;her position one day&period; When selecting candidate for a position&comma; psychology plays a critical role&period; Most of the time interviewer acts on certain perceptions and go through the process trying to confirm those perceptions&period; Many times a good potential candidate does not make through the process because of interviewer’s bias&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Bibliography<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p> Gunderson&comma; M&period; &lpar;2001&rpar;&period; Economics of personnel and human resource management&period; Human Resource Management Review &comma; pp&period; 431 – 452&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Miller-Merrell&comma; J&period; &lpar;2013&comma; May 01&rpar;&period; How Does Your Compensation Model Fit into Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs&quest; Retrieved June 11&comma; 2016&comma; from Payscale&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;payscale&period;com&sol;compensation-today&sol;2013&sol;05&sol;how-does-your-compensation-fit-into-maslow-hierarchy-of-needs">http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;payscale&period;com&sol;compensation-today&sol;2013&sol;05&sol;how-does-your-compensation-fit-into-maslow-hierarchy-of-needs<&sol;a><br &sol;>&NewLine;Rasim&comma; T&period; S&period; &lpar;2008&rpar;&period; The Role of Psychology in Human Resources Management&period; Europe&&num;8217&semi;s Journal of Psychology &period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Tanner&comma; R&period; &lpar;n&period;d&period;&rpar;&period; Motivation – Applying Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory&period; Retrieved June 11&comma; 2016&comma; from Management is a Journey&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;managementisajourney&period;com&sol;motivation-applying-maslows-hierarchy-of-needs-theory&sol;">https&colon;&sol;&sol;managementisajourney&period;com&sol;motivation-applying-maslows-hierarchy-of-needs-theory&sol;<&sol;a>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad2" id&equals;"quads-ad2" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;

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