Abstract
The feminization of Human Resource Management (HRM) represents one of the most significant yet under-theorized shifts in contemporary organizational life. Women now constitute the numerical majority across most HR functions globally, yet structural inequalities, leadership gaps, and symbolic devaluation of HR work persist with striking consistency. This chapter examines feminization as a multidimensional phenomenon, encompassing numerical, cultural, symbolic, and structural dimensions. Drawing on gendered organizations theory, emotional labor frameworks, and intersectionality, it analyzes how gendered norms shape HR professional identities, constrain career trajectories, and reproduce occupational hierarchies. The chapter further interrogates how AI-driven HR systems risk encoding and amplifying existing gender biases. Evidence from real organizational cases and mixed-method research illuminates the enduring paradox: representation without empowerment.