Editorial

This special issue aims to build an original body of research and reinforce the foundation for the nascent field of non-profit human resource management (HRM) and employment relations. Non-profit organizations (NPOs) are defined by their mission (Drucker, 1992; Quarter, 1992). Thus, individual employees often perceive their relationship with the organization in terms of the mission and values that attract them to each non-profit (Ridder and McCandless, 2010). The processes, dimensions and outcomes of the nexus between employees and the mission play out mainly through employment relations and HRM. Research suggests that employment relations in NPOs...