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Competencies of older workers and its influence on career success and job satisfaction
Sophie Hennekam– The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of the competencies motivation, integrity and social skills on both intrinsic and extrinsic career success.
Temporary agency workers shake a work community: a social capital perspective
Riitta Viitala, Jenni KantolaThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the kinds of effects that using a temporary agency workforce may cause on an organisational level, especially on relations between…
Employee beliefs regarding the impact of unconventional appearance on customers in Mexico and Turkey
Katherine Karl, Joy Van Eck Peluchette, Leda McIntyre HallThe increasing prevalence of unconventional appearance attributes (e.g. tattoos, piercings, unnatural hair color, alternative clothing) is a concern among employers as these…
The purpose of variable pay schemes and trade unions
Aurora Trif, John GearyThe purpose of this paper is to contribute to the debate concerning the compatibility of variable pay schemes (VPS) and trade unions, by investigating the effects of the…
Women and expatriate assignments: Exploring the role of perceived organizational support
Arup Varma, Linda RussellThe purpose of the paper is twofold – first, to explore the role of perceived organizational support (POS) during the three critical stages of the female expatriate experience…
Measuring employee perception of performance management system effectiveness: Conceptualization and scale development
Neha Paliwal Sharma, Tanuja Sharma, Madhushree Nanda AgarwalConcerns about the effectiveness of performance management systems (PMS) have long-driven researchers and practitioners to explore ways of measuring it. It is imperative for…
Annual hours, workplace partnership and mutual gains: exploring the links
Lorraine Ryan, Joseph WallaceThe purpose of this paper is to explore the capacity of annual hours (AH) to deliver gains to both workers and management and assesses the role of workplace partnership in three…
Employer-initiated collective bargaining: a case study of the Chinese sweater industry
Xiaoyi WenCollective bargaining (CB) in China is perceived as inadequate, thanks to the lack of trade union independence and representation. However, CB of the sweater industry in Wenling…
Competition and constraint: Economic globalization and human resource practices in 23 European countries
Ferry Koster, Rafael WittekThe purpose of this paper is to investigate three distinct hypotheses about the relationship between human resource (HR) practices (discretion and skill enhancement) and the level…
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