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The Cornell HR Review is a graduate student organization whose primary purpose is to publish a body of human resources (HR) scholarship. It is published periodically throughout the year and is available exclusively online. The volunteer staff comprises professional and doctoral students at both the ILR School and the S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management, with student editors making all editorial and organizational decisions. The organization is formally registered with Cornell University as an independent organization.
All articles within this series are copyright © by the Cornell HR Review, and are reproduced here by special permission.
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Workplace Violence: Why Every State Must Adopt a Comprehensive Workplace Violence Prevention Law
(2013-04-13)[Excerpt] On August 24, 2012, a fired clothing designer gunned down a former co-worker outside the Empire State Building in New York City. The violent act was the culmination of built up tension between two former co-workers. ... -
The NLRB’s Social Media Guidelines a Lose-Lose: Why the NLRB’s Stance on Social Media Fails to Fully Address Employer’s Concerns and Dilutes Employee Protections
(2013-12-05)[Excerpt] The expanding use of both personal and professional social media sites has resulted in its growing impact in the workplace. Recently, many examples have emerged where an individual’s use of social media for ... -
Where’s the Remote? Face Time, Remote Work, and Implications for Performance Management
(2013-08-18)[Excerpt] Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer’s ban on telecommuting and the subsequent uproar over that decision highlights the need for a deeper understanding of the impact of remote work. Although it would prove comforting to assert ... -
The Future of Human Resources: A Shift to a Network Driven Approach
(2013-01-04)[Excerpt] As companies continue to thrive in a global context, the nature of work and organizational relationships will grow increasingly complex. Initiatives will span across traditional functional and geographical ... -
Hiring and Firing the Mentally and Psychiatrically Disabled: Advice for HR Professionals
(2013-09-16)[Excerpt] According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), an estimated 26.2 percent of Americans aged eighteen and older suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year. Contrary to what most people ... -
Sieving Through the Data to Find the Person: HR’s Imperative for Balancing Big Data with People Centricity
(2015-09-04)[Excerpt] With “big data” and “analytics” atop human resources (HR) professionals’ dictionaries, it is no wonder that some are calling it time to think of employees as data points and to scientifically make people decisions. ... -
The Benefits of Corporately Funded Childcare
(2015-11-02)[Excerpt] If there is a lack of qualified workers to fill openings, the problem lies in the pipeline. Although it is possible to retrain employees and potential candidates to have the necessary skills that a business ... -
A Comparative Analysis of the Uses of Mediation in the Entertainment Industry
(2013-03-03)[Excerpt] This paper will provide a broad, and by no means exhaustive, overview of some of the unique ways that mediation is, or could be, used in some of the principal fields of entertainment while, identifying the ... -
Women in Male-Dominated Careers
(2017-05-03)[Excerpt] There are many areas of opportunity regarding gender fairness that can be crucial in defining a workplace. Some workplaces tend to be male-dominated due to women employees’ awareness, past experiences, and ... -
The Theoretical Implications of HR on a Growing Corporation
(2015-09-04)[Excerpt] There seems to always be the issue of business size versus business agility. Time and time again businesses have fallen behind due to their sheer size, along with their inflated bureaucracies and their inability ...
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