Personnel Review: Volume 32 Issue 2

An examination of the effects of early and late entry on career attainment: The clean slate effect?

Amy E. Hurley, Stefan Wally, Sharon L. Segrest, Terri Scandura, Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld

Literature on tournament mobility in internal labor markets (ILMs) is reviewed revealing a paucity of studies examining the promotion patterns of late entrants into internal…

Perceived importance as a mediator of the relationship between training assignment and training motivation

Wei‐Chi Tsai, Wei‐Tao Tai

In this study, we examined whether employees’ perceived importance of the training program would be one variable that mediates the relationship between training assignment and…

The use of contractual working time flexibility by Spanish SMEs

Candelaria Ruiz‐Santos, Josefa Ruiz‐Mercader, Frank McDonald

This paper investigates the use of contractual working flexibility (temporary and part‐time contracts) by Spanish small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). A framework based on a…

Culture and conflict: Japanese managers and Thai subordinates

Fredric William Swierczek, Jun Onishi

This article presents the findings of research on the application and adaptability of Japanese management practices in a different cultural context, Thailand. The national…

Promoting family‐friendly policies: Is the basis of the Government's ethical standpoint viable?

Ian Roper, Ian Cunningham, Phil James

This article examines how human resource (HR) practitioners are responding to the current UK Government's “business case” approach to promoting family‐friendly policies. The…

Career systems in transition: A normative model for organizational career practices

Yehuda Baruch

This paper offers an integrated formulation for the way organizations may approach planning and managing employees’ careers in a time of transition. A normative career model is…

Globalization: A Critical Introduction

Mark Rix

Human Resource Strategies in China

Richard L. Hannah