Human Resources Management and Organizational Behavior

Books and Reports

Boston University Library Catalog
To search, use key words such as: human resources, personnel management, leadership, motivation, organizational behavior.  For a subject search, through the Advanced Search option, use the terms listed below. (Ask at the Information/Reference Desk for help with additional subject headings and keyword searching.)  For Ebooks, look for the Ebook symbol.

Employee Motivation
Teams in the Workplace
Organizational Behavior
Corporate Culture
Leadership
Human Capital
Diversity in the Workplace
International Business Enterprises - Personnel Management
Mentoring in Business

Selected Books Online (Ebooks):

Drucker's lost art of management: Peter Drucker's timeless vision for building effective organizations. New York, McGraw-Hill, 2011

Strategic leadership: theory and research on executives, top management teams, and boards. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Why are we bad at picking good leaders:  a better way to evaluate leadership potential.  San Francisco [Calif.] : Jossey-Bass, 2011.

Print books on these subjects can be found in the library in the following call no. ranges:

HD58.7-HD58.95: Organizational Behavior, Change and Effectiveness, Corporate Culture (Pardee Library, 4th floor)

HD66: Work Groups, Team Work in Industry (Pardee Library, 4th floor)

HF5548.7 - HF5549.5: Industrial Psychology, Personnel Management, Employment Management (Pardee Library, 2nd floor)

Conference Board Research Collection
Research reports on the latest trends in business practices, including human resource management and compensation. From the drop down menu, select a topic from the list. Reports are available full text, in pdf. Relevant topics include:

Change Management & Innovation,
Employee Engagement/Job Satisfaction,
HR and Talent Management
Executives
Leadership Development
Benefits
Compensation
Diversity and Inclusion

Finding Articles

To locate articles in business publications and newspapers, use "Find Business Articles and Data".  Select the subject of your search (i.e., Management/OB/HR/Nonprofit), the type of information (i.e., Journals & Magazine articles) and then select "Find Suggested Databases."  Databases below are among those listed.

Business Source Complete [About]
In the search box enter terms such as "organizational behavior," "human capital," "employee motivation," and "corporate culture."  Additional subject headings can be found by using the Thesaurus. Search terms can also be combined in order to narrow the search results.  To search for articles on a company and its human resources practices, enter a company name and a keyword or subject term.

ABI/INFORM Global [About]
In basic or advanced search modes, enter terms such as: "employment," "recruiting," "organizational behavior," and "human resources."  You can narrow the search by doing a combined search, entering two search terms, such as "human resources" and "benefits".  Additional terms can be found by using the "Browse Topics" function; this is located at the upper right, next to the "Tools" section.  To search for articles on a company and its human resources practices, enter a company name and a keyword or subject term.

Factiva [About]
Current news from thousands of international and local newspapers, newswires and trade journals.  Includes Wall Street Journal. Enter subject or company name in the search box.

PsycARTICLES [About]
Full text articles on current issues in psychology. Indexed from from 42 scholarly journals published by the American Psychological Association and allied organizations.

Sociological Abstracts [About]
A bibliographic database that provides access to the world's literature in theoretical and applied sociology and related fields. It contains abstracts of journal articles from Sociological Abstracts since 1974, Social Planning, Policy & Development Abstracts (SOPODA) since 1979, and citations to relevant dissertations since 1986.

Company Information

The following sources are useful for answering HR/OB questions related to specific companies.

GLOBAL SOCRATES [About]
A database that measures the social and environmental performance of corporations. Socrates covers over 3,000 U.S. corporations and provides social ratings on these companies in the areas of community relations, corporate governance, diversity, employee relations, human rights, products, and the environment.  Search for company profiles by ticker or company name. 

Vault Online Career Library [About]
The Vault Career Library is available through the Feld Career Center's BU Career Link and the MBA Career Link. For access, follow the instructions in the About.

Journal & Newspaper Articles

To locate articles on companies, use "Find Business Articles and Data".  Select "Companies" as a business topic and then the type of data.   To use Factiva, type the company name into Factiva search box. Business Source Complete & ABI/INFORM Global can be searched by using the company name and key word or subject terms such as "corporate culture", "employee", "leadership", etc.

Library Catalog
The library has many books that provide background on a variety of companies. Type name of company under Subject or Keyword. Examples include: Starbucks, Yahoo, Ebay, Hewlett Packard, and many others.

Other sources for company background:

Company 10K reports include some corporate structure and employee benefit information. See SEC Filings through Mergent Online or directly through EDGAR (U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission).

International Directory of Company Histories
Pardee Reference - Section 15 - Company Directories & Company Descriptions.
X HD 2721 I63 1988
Contains excellent background and history. Some information on personalities and strategy.

See also: Company Information Sources

International Human Resources

Training and Professional Development

ASTD
http://www.astd.org
ASTD is the world's premier professional association and leading resource on workplace learning and performance issues. It provides information, research, analysis and practical information derived from its own research, the knowledge and experience of its members, its conferences, expositions, seminars, publications and the coalitions and partnerships it has built through research and policy work.

T + D: Better Performance Through Workplace Learning
Also available in print, in the Current Periodicals Section, 3rd floor, Pardee Library.

Wages, Compensation and Benefits

Employee Benefit Research Institute online publications:
Issue Briefs and Notes; also available in print in Current Periodicals Section.

Benefits Link
http://www.benefitslink.com/index.shtml
Information for employers and employees regarding benefit plans. Includes government documents, IRS Publications, discussion of issues, and other links.

Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov/
Searchable data is available in various formats. Also included are regional information, Bureau publications, news, and economic information.

Executive Compensation Best Practices
HD 4965.2 .L57 2008 (Pardee Library, 4th Floor)

The Compensation Handbook
Pardee Reference - Section 7 - Management
X HF 5549.5 C67 H36 2008
Guide for establishing and maintaining an effective wage and salary program for employees over a range of industries; Includes sections on base pay, variable compensation, executive compensation, performance and compensation, corporate culture and compensation, and international compensation.

Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov/
Searchable data is available in various formats. Also included are regional information, Bureau publications, news, and economic information.

FindLaw.org
http://www.findlaw.org
See "Employee Rights" Section for laws and resources relating to employment, wages, benefits, discrimination, etc.

Society for Human Resource Management
http://www.shrm.org/
SHRM provides education and information services, conferences and seminars, government and media representation, online services and publications.