Table of contents
Human Resource Aspects: Decentralization and Devolution
Jacob Hoogendoorn, Chris BrewsterResponsibility for human resource management is being spread aroundorganizations in two ways: by decentralization, the allocation ofpersonnel tasks formerly undertaken centrally…
Does Strategic Training Policy Exist? Some Evidence from Ten European Countries
Len Holden, Yves LivianOrganizations across Europe see training and development as a majorpersonnel function objective. They use it as a recruitment mechanism.Employers are increasing their spending on…
Values and Valuations: The Conflicts between Culture Change and Job Cuts
Heather Höpfl, Sheila Smith, Sharon SpencerBased on empirical work from two major UK organizations. BritishAirways and BT (formerly British Telecom), both of whom have, afterprivatization, engaged in large‐scale culture…
Age/Job Satisfaction: Assessment of the Shape of the Relationship from a Systems Perspective
Robert A. Snyder, Frank H. DietrichProminent review articles conclude that the relationship betweenage and job satisfaction is probably linear because the clear majorityof studies has produced linear findings…
Individual Issues in Industrial Relations: An Examination of Discipline, and an Agenda for Research
Derek RollinsonArgues that because of a number of significant changes in the lastten years, individual issues such as grievance and discipline should nowbecome more prominent concerns of…
Organizational Structure, Human Resource Practices and Industrial Relations
Ali Dastmalchian, Paul BlytonReports the results of a study examining the relationships betweenorganizational structure (formalization, specialization, participation,and centralization) and human resource…
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- Professor Eddy Ng
- Professor Pauline Stanton