November-December 2009


CAHRS Partner Profile: Amazon.com

In today’s economy, Tony Galbato, senior vice president for human resources at Amazon.com, has a unique challenge: to recruit highly qualified employees fast enough to keep up with Amazon’s growth and nearly insatiable need for talent.

ResearchLink: Customers Suffer from Employee Churn

High turnover makes it harder to provide top customer service, says recent study by HR Studies professor John Hausknecht and colleagues.

HR Faculty Spotlight: Diane Burton

As a newly hired associate professor of human resource studies, M. Diane Burton was delighted to join the ILR School (Industrial and Labor Relations). Burton's research brings the human resource perspective to entrepreneurial firms.

CAHRS Chief HR Officers Tackle Growth and Inherent Risks

Special CAHRS CHRO session outlines issues ahead of the fall 2009 partner meeting. The CHROs focused on HR’s role in managing enterprise risk—and facilitating growth—during a time of widespread corporate fear and caution.

Policy Issues in HR: Job-Creation Tax Credit

Proposal co-authored by ILR HR Studies professor John Bishop outlines significant growth incentive for small and large employers alike.

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