Research Guides: Human Resource Management: Finding Organizations

Associations

Professional associations are sources of research, white papers, news and career advice.

Society for Human Resource Management
Key HR professional organization. Their website provides an overview of many HR disciplines with featured articles, video and news.
HR Policy Association
The Association of Chief Human Resource Officers follows "Issues and Advocacy" topics with news, source documents and research.

Conference Board
An independent research organization that provides economic analysis of the U.S. economy, surveys of Fortune 500 companies, case studies, and research on management issues such as training, HR, compensation and corporate governance.

American Management Association
The AMA is a key professional training organization for management professionals. Find free podcasts, research and white papers at their website.
Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology
A division of the American Psychological Association that is focused on research and practice of I/O.
World Federation of People Management Associations
Represents national personnel organizations.
Academy of Human Resource Development
A scholarly community of academics and reflective practitioners that encourage study of human resource development theories, processes, and practices.

Government Agencies

Many industries are regulated or overseen by government agencies. These agencies often provide detailed data about the industry itself. A particular benefit to the government generated industry information is that the data are provided using industry specific metrics. Sometimes, company financial information can also be accessed through the government agency websites.

USA.gov
USA.gov is the U.S. government's official web portal to all federal, state, and local government web resources and services.
A-Z Index of U.S. Government Departments and Agencies
Links to government agencies.

govinfo
Govinfo provides digital access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government. Search or browse A to Z, Category, Date, Congressional Committee, and Government author.

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