Personnel Review: Volume 35 Issue 4

Implications of trust and distrust for organizations: Role of customer orientation in a four‐nation study

Heh Jason Huang, Ali Dastmalchian

The purpose of this paper is to examine the associations of societal trust and distrust with customer orientation. This paper also examines the impact of the above associations on…

The internal labour market and the employment of temporary help workers in Spain

Fernando Matías‐Reche, Maria Mar Fuentes‐Fuentes

To ascertain whether any relationship exists between the main processes of human resource management involved in the internal labour market (training and internal recruitment) and…

Does pay‐for‐performance enhance perceived distributive justice for collectivistic employees?

Eunmi Chang, Juhee Hahn

To examine the effect of pay‐for‐performance on distributive justice and the moderating effect of commitment performance appraisal in the case of Korean employees.

Safety climate in an automobile manufacturing plant: The effects of work environment, job communication and safety attitudes on accidents and unsafe behaviour

Sharon Clarke

The study aims to examine the safety attitudes of workers, supervisors and managers in a UK‐based car manufacturing plant, and their relationship with unsafe behaviour and…

The discourse of diversity in unionised contexts: views from trade union equality officers

Gill Kirton, Anne‐marie Greene

The purpose of this paper is to address the little researched question of how trade unions have interpreted and engaged with the discourse of diversity adopted by many…

An empirical investigation of job burnout among expatriates

Ramudu Bhanugopan, Alan Fish

The purpose of this study was to determine the level of workplace “job burnout” experienced by expatriate managers in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The study also examined the…

Self‐directed expatriation: family matters

Julia Richardson

To provide a theoretically grounded exploration of the family's role in the decision to expatriate independently.

Transsexuals and workplace diversity: A case of “change” management

J.M. Barclay, L.J. Scott

The purpose of this paper is to examine the key issues involved in situations within the workplace when an employee goes through gender reassignment, in order to consider how such…