Personnel Review: Volume 41 Issue 2

Quid pro quo? Examining talent management through the lens of psychological contracts

Mathias Höglund

The present paper aims to explore the direct and indirect linkages between HRM practices and human capital within a talent management framework. The study extends previous…

When the bored behave badly (or exceptionally)

Mark Skowronski

The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between workplace boredom and voluntary work behavior.

Shifting frontiers of control during closedown processes

Rune Wigblad, Magnus Hansson, Keith Townsend, John Lewer

This paper aims to explore and analyse how shifting frontiers of control emerge and change the labour process so that restrictions to output become diminished, subsequently…

HRM integration mechanism usage in MNC subsidiaries in China

Adam Smale, Ingmar Björkman, Jennie Sumelius

The present study sought to shed light on the antecedents of HRM integration mechanism usage in MNCs and to establish the extent to which antecedents differ in importance across…

Jobs and organisations: Explaining group level differences in job satisfaction in the banking sector

Bart Cambré, Evelien Kippers, Marc van Veldhoven, Hans De Witte

This paper aims to contribute to the understanding of group level differences in job satisfaction. Specifically, the authors seek to understand the shared variance in job…

Portraying fitting values in job advertisements

Rein De Cooman, Roland Pepermans

This paper aims to use the signaling theory and the person‐organization fit framework as a rationale to study value‐related information prospective applicants receive from…

Global self‐initiated corporate expatriate careers: a new era in international assignments?

Yochanan Altman, Yehuda Baruch

Within the current discourse on contemporary careers and the context of international assignments, this paper seeks to conduct a study of a large European MNC, with the aim of…

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