Ebook: HRM in a Knowledge Based Economy

In this issue of the International Journal of Manpower we try to demonstrate the interface between human resource management (HRM) and knowledge management (KM) and the benefits of using an integrative approach between the two disciplines having the employee at the centre. While HRM, KM, and similar disciplines, such as management of intellectual capital and information management, address the issues of increasing the role of knowledge in contemporary organizations and the economy from different angles, it is felt that combining these angles into an integrative approach could be more fruitful.