human resource

A form of human resources — The personnel department of an organization, dealing with the recruitment, administration, management and training of employees.

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Meanings

noun
  1. attributiveAttributive form of human resources.

    Only three people handled human resource issues, including compliance with labor laws, for 30,000 employees in eight Western states, Roe said.

    1997 April 9, E. Scott Reckard, “Jury Finds Taco Bell Cheated Its Workers”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2026
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    The team spent three months designing a new scheme that would integrate the human resource department into the overall strategic aims of the company.

    1999 February 13, Phillip Inman, “Rewarding a model merger”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 May 2014

    Roughly 90 percent of human resource directors believe that successful leaders have to focus on the human aspects of leadership, according to polling from the research firm Gartner.

    2022 December 7, Emma Goldberg, “The Risks of ‘Yes, and’ Leadership”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Dec 2022
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APA

human resource. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/human%20resource

MLA

“human resource.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/human%20resource. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “human resource,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/human%20resource.

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