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Current Human Resources (CHR) is an international open-access journal that publishes scholarly articles on all aspects of human resources studies, including but not limited to workforce development, employee well-being and engagement, organizational strategy, policy and legal frameworks, and technology and innovation in human resources.

The journal seeks to make substantive contributions to the practice and research covering contemporary issues through rigorous research and well-grounded conclusions with practical implications. It values innovative approaches that advance understanding while maintaining methodological rigor, including efforts to mitigate biases in cross-sectional or single-source data. Articles that appeal to an international readership or critically review existing theory and practice to highlight areas for further development are especially encouraged.

CHR serves as a vital resource for academics, HR professionals, policymakers, and organizational leaders, bridging the gap between research and practice to address the challenges and opportunities of managing the modern workforce.

Examples of relevant topics include but are not limited to:

 Workforce Development:

Talent acquisition and retention strategies
Career development and succession planning
Training, upskilling, and reskilling initiatives

 Employee Well-being and Engagement:

Work-life balance and mental health programs
Employee satisfaction and productivity metrics
Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices

 Organizational Strategy:

Strategic HRM and its impact on organizational goals
Leadership and team dynamics
Change management and organizational culture

 Policy and Legal Frameworks:

Labor laws and employment regulations
The role of HR in shaping policy and compliance
International HR standards and practices

 Technology and Innovation in HR:

Digital transformation and HR tech
Remote and hybrid work models
Data analytics and AI in HR decision-making

 Global HR Perspectives:

Cross-cultural workforce management
Comparative studies in HRM across countries
HRM’s role in addressing global economic and social issues

2. Publishing Model

Gold open access. All articles published by CHR are made freely and permanently accessible online immediately from the date of publication. For further information, please refer to Open Access.

3. Copyright and License to Publish

License
Articles in CHR are published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). The CC BY 4.0 allows for maximum dissemination and re-use of open access materials and is preferred by many research funding bodies. Under this license, users are free to share (copy, distribute and transmit) and remix (adapt) the contribution for any purposes, even commercially, provided that the users appropriately acknowledge the original authors and the source.

4. Editorial Board

For more information about the editorial team, please refer to Editorial Board.

5. Editorial Policies

All manuscripts submitted to CHR should adhere to AccScience Publishing's Editorial Policies.

6. Peer Review

The journal adheres to rigorous peer review and undergoes double-blind peer review. For more details, please refer to Editorial Process.

7. Publication Ethics Statement

CHR fully adheres to the Code of Conduct and the Best Practice Guidelines of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

The Editors of this journal enforce a rigorous peer-review process together with strict ethical policies and standards to guarantee to add high quality scientific works to the field of scholarly publication. Unfortunately, cases of plagiarism, data falsification, image manipulation, inappropriate authorship credit, and the like, do arise. The Editors of CHR take such publishing ethics issues very seriously and are trained to proceed in such cases with a zero tolerance policy. To verify the originality of content submitted to our journals, we use CrossCheck (powered by iThenticate) to check submissions against previous publications.

8. Contact

Please visit the page of Editorial Office for details about different queries.

Current Human Resource, Published by AccScience Publishing