Personnel Review: Volume 26 Issue 1/2

Exploring the limits of Western leadership theory in East Asia and Africa

Peter Blunt, Merrick L. Jones

Contends that the vacuum left by the collapse of colonial empires has been filled by new forms of cultural and ideological imperialism conceived largely in the West. Signs of the…

Changing employment practices in UK banking: case studies

John Storey, Peter Cressey, Tim Morris, Adrian Wilkinson

Presents and discusses findings from a major study of changing employment practices in UK banking. Uses case studies to explore different patterns of reaction to a fast and…

Taxonomy of firms with reference to human resource strategies: Some observations from an employers’ survey on women returners

John Sutherland, Gerry Stewart

Presents the results of a survey of employers, investigating the human resource strategies and policies of firms with particular reference to women returners. Produces a taxonomy…

Employee assistance programmes in the UK oil industry: an examination of current operational practice

Bob Gammie

Examines current operational practice in the UK oil industry in relation to employee assistance programmes (EAPs) ‐ a voluntary and confidential workplace counselling and support…

Downsizing, delayering ‐ but where’s the commitment?: The development of a diagnostic tool to help manage survivors

Adrian Thornhill, Mark N.K. Saunders, Jo Stead

Considers the pursuit of high quality, flexibility and employee commitment alongside significant downsizing and delayering initiatives. Examines the impact on surviving employees…

Giving it a week and then another week: A case of escalation in decision making

Helga Drummond

Examines a case study of an unsuccessful employment decision. Explains that although it was apparent soon after the appointment that the employee’s performance fell short of…

Disentangling organizational commitment: The dangers of the OCQ for research and policy

Birgit Benkhoff

Much of commitment research is based on the belief that the concept consists of three different aspects: identification, desire to stay and extra effort. Shows that the…

Differences in job perception: What happens when supervisor and subordinate perceptions disagree?

C.K. Chiu, Gina Lai, Ed Snape

Introduces the job perceptual discrepancies index (JPDI), which is based on an empirical study of social workers and their team supervisors and was created by comparing…