The complex interaction between human resources management, the labor market and employment relations in Brazil

• Main Authors: Marcus Vinicius Gonçalves da Cruz, Amyra Moyzes Sarsur, Wilson Aparecido Costa de Amorim, André Luiz Fischer, Michele Ruzon Kassem
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of the Algarve - ESGHT - CIEO 2017-10-01
• Series: Tourism & Management Studies
• Subjects: human resources management; hrm; labor market; employment relations
• Online Access: https://tmstudies.net/index.php/ectms/article/view/998/pdf_71

This article reports results of qualitative research that examines how the literature available of human resource management (HRM) addresses the new characteristics of employment in Brazil in the 2000-2015 period; with an aging population, a reduction in the share of young people and increased educational level of the workforce, a drop in the number of non-employed, higher income for workers and a high rate of turnover. In employment relations, the trade unions obtained real raises above inflation and strikes have returned. Through a panel of specialists and literature on human resources management in Brazil, the study reveals a distance between the subjects of labor market, employment relations and HRM. Two hypotheses could explain these findings: (H1) labor relation and labor market issues are of little value to HRM; and (H2) HRM and employment relations are treated as different professional areas and fields of knowledge, and are poorly integrated in organizations