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The professionalization of human resources management: sociographic composition of a professional group in construction
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Human resources management is a field which is strongly conditioned by an instrumental
and regulatory logic. Both as a scientific discipline and as a professional practice it has
been used on many occasions to legitimize dominant interests in employment relations. It
is this legacy which lies at the root of the crisis of trust which HR management is currently
undergoing as a profession — and to overcome this crisis we need a new paradigm capable
of taking into account the contingencies related with human resources management.
Examination of the available literature reveals the ambiguities with which human resources
management is fraught. In the Portuguese case, these ambiguities are particularly
manifest as a result of the absence of critical reflection on the theoretical foundations of
human resources management and on accepted professional practice, as well as the relative
youth and structural incipience of a professional category undergoing a growth crisis.
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Human resources management Professional group Professional profile Professional