Meirinhos, VivianaCouto, Ana IsabelMartinho, Ana Luísa2016-06-012016-06-012016978-0-9860419-6-9http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/8281Based on a broad conceptualization of Human Resources Management and Development (HRMD) as a technical, political, and strategic field concerned to managing and developing people within and towards work context(s), this research aims to explore a potential societal role of Human Resources (HR) profession. Framed on a larger project on “New Human Resources roles”, this particular study approaches HR profession by analysing its macro-societal challenges and intervention spaces.engHuman Resources ManagementHuman Resources DevelopmentHR professionNew rolesconference object