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Adjustment of Western European vs North American expatriate managers in China
Jan SelmerWestern European and North American expatriate managers on the Chinese mainland responded to a mail survey about their sociocultural and psychological adjustment. The results…
Industrial relations under new ownership – The case of provincial newspapers in Britain
Gregor GallThis paper examines changes in industrial relations in a large number of provincial newspapers (existing and acquired) following expansion through acquisition by previously…
The failure of competence‐based management education in the public sector – A problem of generic transfer or implementation?
Inger Boyett, Graeme CurrieThis paper presents a case study of a management development programme, which adopts a competence‐based approach aimed at middle managers in a further education college. The…
Great expectations – CEOs’ perception of the performance gap of the HRM function in the Malaysian manufacturing sector
Rozhan Othman, Rohayu Abdul‐Ghani, Rasidah ArshadThis study examines the variations in HRM practice among Malaysian manufacturing firms. A typology of HRM practices is first identified, management expectations towards the HRM…
Improving selection interviews with structure: organisations’ use of “behavioural” interviews
Jean M. BarclayExplains the advantages of behavioural interviewing as a method of employee selection. Reports on a survey of UK organisations’ use of behavioural interviewing in selection. Both…
A review of transfer of training studies in the past decade
Eddie W.L. Cheng, Danny C.K. HoThis article reviews some major studies that were conducted in the past decade (1989‐1998) on the transfer of what employees learned from training programmes back to their jobs. A…
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- Professor Eddy Ng
- Professor Pauline Stanton