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Why Human Capital is Important for Organizations

People Come First

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  • © 2014

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Editors:
  1. Amelia Manuti

    1. University of Bari, Italy

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  2. Pasquale Davide Palma
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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
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  2. Setting the Scene

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Work between Fordism and Post-Fordism

      • Giacomo Pisani
      Pages 3-13

    3. Job Fatigue and the Emancipation of Workers: Past Scenarios and Future Perspectives

      • Nicola Costantino, Pasquale Davide de Palma, Gaetano Veneto
      Pages 14-32

    4. Organizational Resilience and Individual Employability: Psychological Capital and Change Management

      • Amelia Manuti
      Pages 33-49

  3. The Cornerstone of Human Capital

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51
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    2. Entrepreneurial Employees

      • Francisco Diaz Bretones
      Pages 53-61

    3. Leading with Heart: The Impact of Emotionally Intelligent Leadership

      • Kenneth S. Rhee, Tracey H. Sigler
      Pages 62-75

    4. Expectation Theories and Internal and External Components of Work Experience: Reflections on and for Candidates

      • Grazia De Benedictis, Pasquale Davide de Palma
      Pages 76-91

    5. Assessment in the Work Context

      • Clive Fletcher
      Pages 92-106

  4. Measuring Human Capital

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-107
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    2. Measuring and Managing the Financial Performance of Human Capital Investments

      • Frank DiBernardino
      Pages 109-124

    3. The People Performance Plan: It Goes Beyond the Present into the Future

      • Pasquale Davide de Palma
      Pages 125-134

  6. Conclusion: (Why) People (Really) Come First

    1. Conclusion: (Why) People (Really) Come First

      • Amelia Manuti, Pasquale Davide de Palma
      Pages 162-166

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 167-198
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Bari, Italy

    Amelia Manuti

About the editors

Dr. 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, vocational guidance, formal and informal learning, organizational identification, work values, and organizational communication. Since 2001 she has been a member of the European Network of Work and Organizational Psychologists and of the International Association of Applied Psychology. She is also an active member of the Italian Association of Psychology and of the Collaborative Knowledge Building Group. Since 2007 she has been secretary of the International Association of Applied Psycholinguistics. She has taken part in many national and international research projects in the field of work and organizational psychology.

Pasquale Davide de Palma graduated from the University of Bari,Italy, in Psychological Sciences and Techniques. He is expert in Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Social Recruiting and Social HC. Pasquale's interests are focused on human capital management; in particular, he aims to promote the use of human capital financial statements within organizations. He received two master's degrees in human resources management from MIDIFORM Business School (Italy), and Spegea Business School (Italy), and a postgraduate qualification as a marketing expert. He is coauthor and editor of The Work Lost and Found (2012). He maintains the website www.dashumankapital.com.

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