An overarching question of many trends in Human Resource Management (HRM) is the economical impact, that HRM has on business success. The question ist, whether the value of HR management contributions can be measured. Many long-term trends, such as HR benchnmarking, data driven HR  and building indicator based models to measure Human Capital are associated with this central issue. There are more recent and more general trends, of course, such as demographic development and digitalization. We tried to measure the impact of high quality HRM and it is

much greater than we expected. If you are interested in the study and its method you may look up the brief article attached to this answer.

as viewed by Boxal and Purcel the HR research must focus on finding the black box between HRM and organisational performance. You can also study Jensen et. al (2014) to review more on this aspect published in Journal of Management.

Innovation and employee core competencies on productivity are some of the topics making the round.

Dear Jia Guo Sia

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In my opinion the intellectual capital , strategic intelligence may be the hot topics in HR, and effect of performance and productivity of firms.

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in my opininion the international human resource management. Especially, the selection of expatriate employees.

Moving the focus of and responsibilty for HRM from residing in the HR department to management in general, and developing a shared accountability for managers and dept.  Dept still providing core services, of course, but mangers embracing the concept that optimizing people performance IS their job.

in my opinion - jobcrafting and building the positive organization focused on meaningfulness of working

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Try to read about the aging workforce and his impact on organizations.

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Balanced Scorecard, 360 degree appraisal, challenges of International HRM

One interesting area of research in HRM is talent management and performance sustainability among Gen Y.  Researches indicated that Gen Y tends to be more mobile and hopping from one job to another . Articles written by Ryan, 2012 and Williams, 2013 may be helpful.

Research topic could be in the area of Sustainable competitive advantage through strategic human resource management.

Two examples for research areas are listed below. 

1. Employee engagement 

2. Green HRM

Good Luck 

Electronic Human resources.

The ethical dimension of HRM

Managing expatriates

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Employee retention and digital transformation in HR

According to me Green HRM is the hot topic as on today. Environmental sustainability has become most significant issue. Conservation of natural resources and use of Eco-friendly materials in business through HR is important. Waste management and green space development is the important extended area of HRM.

Creating work environment that support gender quality and learning digital attitude have become hot topics in HRM besides stated by my friends.

Green HRM is hot topic in Industries

Green HRM is hot topic in Industries

I suggest to have a look on the special issues and call for papers of the well reputed journals.

As per the topics, I suggest you to read articles on the following variables.

• Sustainable HRM Practices
• Temporal Leadership
• Green HRM
• Servant Leadership
• Human Resource Management Practices
• Etc...