Personnel Review: Volume 46 Issue 1

Benefit flexibility and benefit satisfaction: does employee’s personality matter?

José Manuel de la Torre-Ruiz, Maria Dolores Vidal-Salazar, Eulogio Cordón-Pozo

Although previous studies have analyzed the affective reaction of employees toward benefits, results remain inconclusive. The purpose of this paper is to pay specific attention to…

Perceived employability of Hong Kong employees: its antecedents, moderator and outcomes

Hang-yue Ngo, Huimin Liu, Francis Cheung

The purpose of this paper is to develop and test a model that investigates volition and self-efficacy as antecedents, and work engagement and job satisfaction as outcomes of…

Using situational judgment tests (SJTs) in training: Development and evaluation of a structured, low-fidelity scenario-based training method

Cody Brent Cox, Laura G. Barron, William Davis, Bernardo de la Garza

Situational judgment tests (SJTs) are widely used in personnel selection but have not been empirically explored as methods of training design. The purpose of this paper is to…

Predicting top management approval and team performance in technology industry: Moderating effects of work exhaustion

Chieh-Peng Lin, Min-Ling Liu, Sheng-Wuu Joe, Yuan-Hui Tsai

To complement previous research on team performance, the purpose of this paper is to analyze the development of team performance and top management approval at the team level. In…

Creative industries work across multiple contexts: common themes and challenges

Sophie Hennekam, Dawn Bennett

The purpose of this paper is to examine the precarious nature of creative industries (CIs) work in Australia, Canada and the Netherlands, with a focus on job security, initial and…

The unintended consequences of role-modelling behaviour in female career progression

Christine Cross, Margaret Linehan, Caroline Murphy

Much of the literature identifies the positive nature of role models in career progression. The purpose of this paper is to take the contrary perspective and explore whether…

Workplace bullying complaints: lessons for “good HR practice”

Bevan Catley, Kate Blackwood, Darryl Forsyth, David Tappin, Tim Bentley

Current research provides an incomplete picture of the challenges facing human resource personnel (HRP) tasked with managing a workplace bullying complaint. The purpose of this…

Means, motive and opportunity: exploring board volunteering

Michael A. Walton, Richard M. Clerkin, Robert K. Christensen, Laurie E. Paarlberg, Rebecca Nesbit, Mary Tschirhart

The purpose of this paper is to better understand the conditions associated with serving on boards by investigating the factors that distinguish older volunteers who serve on…

The manager as employer agent: The role of manager personality and organizational context in psychological contracts

Isabel Metz, Carol T. Kulik, Christina Cregan, Michelle Brown

Managers develop psychological contracts (PCs) with staff as part of their people management responsibilities. A second-stage mediated moderation model explains how a manager’s…

What do we need for creativity? The interaction of perfectionism and overall justice on creativity

Seckyoung Loretta Kim, Myungsun Kim, Seokhwa Yun

The purpose of this paper is twofold, applying an interactive perspective. First, the authors examine the effects of perfectionism, specifically self-oriented and socially…

The Rise of the Global Company, Multinationals and the Making of the Modern World

Philip Warwick

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