Personnel Review: Volume 42 Issue 2

Managerial social networks and strategic flexibility: the role of strategic orientation

Virginia Fernández‐Pérez, Antonio José Verdú‐Jóver, Jose Benitez‐Amado

This paper aims to examine how the characteristics of CEOs' social networks, such as the size of the network and the strength of the ties, influence strategic flexibility from a…

Value creation through HR shared services: towards a conceptual framework

Jeroen Meijerink, Tanya Bondarouk, Jan Kees Looise

The purpose of this paper is to derive a measure for the performance of human resource shared service providers (HR SSPs) and then to develop a theoretical framework that…

Do retirement anxieties determine bridge employment preference?: A study among pre‐retirees in the Australian construction industry

Sugumar Mariappanadar

The purpose of this paper is to explore the extent to which perceived financial preparedness, social retirement anxieties, and level of income influence mature aged workers'…

The legitimation and reproduction of discourse‐practice gaps in work‐life balance

Paula McDonald, Keith Townsend, Amy Wharton

Critical scholarship on work‐life balance (WLB) and its associated practices maintains that workplace flexibility is more than a quasi‐functionalist response to contemporary…

Competences as the foundation of employability: a qualitative study of German freelancers

Stefan Süß, Johannes Becker

In recent years, the number of freelancers has increased considerably, especially in the IT and the media sectors. Additionally, the discussion around employability has…

The Modernisation of the Public Services and Employee Relations: Targeted Change

Stephen Procter