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Human Resource Management and Evolutionary Psychology M4712-TIMMING_9781788977906_t.indd 1 10/04/2019 08:15 ELGAR FOOTPRINTS IN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS Series Editors: Tony Dundon, Professor of HRM and Employment Relations, Work and Employment Studies, Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, Ireland and Visiting Professor, Work and Equalities Institute, University of Manchester, UK, Adrian Wilkinson, Professor of Employment Relations, Griffith University, Australia and Maike Andresen, Chair of Human Resource Management, University of Bamberg, Germany We are proud to introduce a new series of short books defining the future of human resource management and employment relations research. Leading thinkers are given the space and creative freedom to build on their contribu- tion to the field in new ways. Footprints give the reader a concise, innovative and ‘must-read, must-cite’ take on research and thematic debates. 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Timming, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Human Resource Management, University of Western Australia Business School, Australia ELGAR FOOTPRINTS IN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS Cheltenham, UK • Northampton, MA, USA M4712-TIMMING_9781788977906_t.indd 3 10/04/2019 08:15 © Andrew R. Timming 2019 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical or photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. Published by Edward Elgar Publishing Limited The Lypiatts 15 Lansdown Road Cheltenham Glos GL50 2JA UK Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc. William Pratt House 9 Dewey Court Northampton Massachusetts 01060 USA A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Control Number: 2019935394 This book is available electronically in the Business subject collection DOI 10.4337/9781788977913 ISBN 978 1 78897 790 6 (cased) ISBN 978 1 78897 791 3 (eBook) Typeset by Servis Filmsetting Ltd, Stockport, Cheshire 2 0 M4712-TIMMING_9781788977906_t.indd 4 10/04/2019 08:15 For Oliver, Ailsa, and, of course, for Wing M4712-TIMMING_9781788977906_t.indd 5 10/04/2019 08:15 M4712-TIMMING_9781788977906_t.indd 6 10/04/2019 08:15 Contents About the author viii Acknowledgements ix 1. The evolutionary psychology of human resource management 1 2. Understanding the evolutionary bases of workplace mobbing behavior: a bio-psycho-social model 11 3. Skin tone as a cue to employability: sociology against evolutionary psychology 30 4. Gender fluidity at work: is sexual dimorphism an advantage in the labor market? 56 5. The effect of facial (a)symmetry on employment chances: smarter, healthier, sexier, more productive? 74 6. Unconscious bias and the future of HRM decision-making 90 References 100 vii M4712-TIMMING_9781788977906_t.indd 7 10/04/2019 08:15 About the author Andrew R. Timming is Associate Professor of Human Resource Management at the University of Western Australia Business School. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge, England. He draws from the theory and methods of organizational, experimental, and evolutionary psychology and economic sociology in his writings. His research centers mainly around personnel selection and assess- ment, employee participation and involvement in decision-making, and workplace bullying and health. He is an Associate Editor at both Human Resource Management Journal and International Journal of Human Resource Management. He also serves as the Director of Business and Community Engagement in the Department of Management & Organizations at the University of Western Australia Business School. viii M4712-TIMMING_9781788977906_t.indd 8 10/04/2019 08:15 Acknowledgements No one writes a book on one’s own. This one, certainly, is the prod- uct of a myriad of discussions I’ve had with friends and colleagues over the years. As Isaac Newton once said, “If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.” I want to thank my colleagues at the University of Western Australia for discussions that have helped to shape the arguments presented in this book, and indeed my thanks also go out to the University itself for providing me with a stimulating environment in which to write it. I also want to thank Ben Jones, Lisa DeBruine, and David Perrett for, through their own research, helping me to better understand the evolution- ary foundations of this book, as well as Dennis Nickson and Chris Warhurst for their pioneering work on aesthetic labor. The editorial staff at Edward Elgar have been very helpful and responsive, and to them I also send my thanks. I want to thank Man Wing Timming, my wife and my best friend, for helping me to organize the chapters into a coherent whole, and for putting up with me more generally. The same goes for my children. And what kind of man could forget to thank his parents and siblings? Mom, Dad, Justin, Josh, Meghan, and Marcus, I love you all. Andrew R. Timming Perth, Australia 2018 ix M4712-TIMMING_9781788977906_t.indd 9 10/04/2019 08:15
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