{"id":434195,"date":"2026-08-24T17:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T09:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/?post_type=tnc_col_19837_item&#038;p=434195"},"modified":"2026-08-24T18:32:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T10:32:40","slug":"human-resource-management-and-employee-relations-in-angola-challenges-and-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"tnc_col_19837_item","link":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/scholarly-work-usj\/human-resource-management-and-employee-relations-in-angola-challenges-and-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEE RELATIONS IN ANGOLA: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THIS CHAPTER PRESENTS A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF RESEARCH ON HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (HRM) AND EMPLOYEE RELATIONS (ER) IN ANGOLA TO IDENTIFY THE MAIN CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES PRESENTED. TO ACHIEVE THAT GOAL, THIS CHAPTER CHARACTERISES RESEARCH CONDUCTED IN THE COUNTRY, INVESTIGATES ITS MAIN FINDINGS, AND PROPOSES SOME DIRECTIONS FOR THE FUTURE. BASED ON A BIBLIOGRAPHIC SEARCH IN THE EBSCO DISCOVERY DATABASE OF EMPIRICAL ARTICLES ABOUT HRM AND ER IN ANGOLA, WE COLLECTED A SAMPLE OF 28 STUDIES PUBLISHED BETWEEN 2009 AND 2022. MOST STUDIES HAVE FOCUSED ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND RETENTION OF HUMAN RESOURCES. OTHER TOPICS INCLUDED DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT, WORKPLACE ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOURS, SCALE VALIDATIONS, LEADERSHIP AND DECISION-MAKING, PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL, QUALITY ASSESSMENT, CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND EXPATRIATES. WE IDENTIFIED THREE MAIN CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN HRM AND ER IN ANGOLA. FIRST, THE POLICIES AND THE PLANNING, IMPLEMENTING, AND EVALUATING PROCESSES OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND RETENTION STRATEGIES SHOULD BE IMPROVED. SECOND, EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP AND PARTICIPATION SHOULD BE PROMOTED WHILE NAVIGATING THE TENSIONS BETWEEN AUTOCRATIC AND PARTICIPATIVE LEADERSHIP STYLES. FINALLY, POSITIVE ER AND EMPLOYEE WELL-BEING SHOULD BE PROMOTED. UNDERSTANDING THESE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES MAY CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN CAPITAL IN ANGOLA AND, ULTIMATELY, THE COUNTRY\u2019S SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","class_list":["post-434195","tnc_col_19837_item","type-tnc_col_19837_item","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tnc_tax_19818-english","tnc_tax_19716-faculty-of-health-sciences","tnc_tax_19659-booksection"],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":[],"comment_info":0,"featured_img":false,"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/author\/emilychan\/","display_name":"emily chan"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 3 \u5929 ago","modified":"Updated 3 \u5929 ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 24 8 \u6708, 2026","modified":"Updated on 24 8 \u6708, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 24 8 \u6708, 2026 5:24 \u4e0b\u5348","modified":"Updated on 24 8 \u6708, 2026 6:32 \u4e0b\u5348"},"featured_img_caption":"","tax_additional":{"tnc_tax_19993":{"linked":[],"unlinked":[],"slug":"tnc_tax_19993","name":"SDGs"},"tnc_tax_19818":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/language\/english\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">ENGLISH<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">ENGLISH<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19818","name":"LANGUAGE"},"tnc_tax_19716":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/faculty-research-unit\/faculty-of-health-sciences\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19716","name":"FACULTY \/ RESEARCH UNIT"},"tnc_tax_19664":{"linked":[],"unlinked":[],"slug":"tnc_tax_19664","name":"SUBJECT"},"tnc_tax_19659":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/resource-type\/booksection\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Book Section<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Book Section<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19659","name":"Document Type"}},"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19837_item\/434195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19837_item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tnc_col_19837_item"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434195"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19837_item\/434195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":436071,"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19837_item\/434195\/revisions\/436071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}