Chapter 8: Undergraduate HR programs in the U.S.: A contextual and content-based analysis
Document Type
Contribution to Book
Publication Date
2021
Publication Title
Research Anthology on Business and Technical Education in the Information Era
DOI
10.4018/978-1-7998-5345-9.ch008
Abstract
Given the importance of human resource management skills both in management education and business in general, an empirical review of undergraduate human resource (HR) curricula and programs is needed. In this study, the authors provide an investigative analysis of the content taught across HR programs in the U.S. and the context in which HR programs operate. Specifically, data across 179 undergraduate “SHRM-aligned” HR programs were collected and analyzed to identify common as well as unique content and contextual attributes at the university, business school, and program levels. Against the backdrop of the study's findings, the authors step back and purposefully comment on how they believe HR education can best be moved forward. In total, this study seeks to inform stakeholders in HR education through a clearer picture of the current and potential future states of HR curricula within U.S.-based undergraduate management programs.
Recommended Citation
Charlier, Steven, Lisa A. Burke-Smalley, Sandra L. Fisher.
2021.
"Chapter 8: Undergraduate HR programs in the U.S.: A contextual and content-based analysis."
Research Anthology on Business and Technical Education in the Information Era: 114-138: IGI Global.
doi: 10.4018/978-1-7998-5345-9.ch008 source: https://www.igi-global.com/chapter/undergraduate-programs-in-the-us/274358
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/management-facpubs/126
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