Personnel Review: Volume 52 Issue 3

Guest editorial: A different world of work: the sharing economy and (in)equity, identity and rewards

Sharing in the gig economy: from equitable work relations to exploitative HRM

This paper aims to examine human resource management (HRM) in the gig economy through a moral economy lens and to uncover how sharing and firm ownership influences the (un)ethical…

Career identity and organizational identification among professionals with on-demand work

Drawing upon the social identity theory, the authors argue that professionals' career identities have a positive indirect effect on identification with on-demand organizations…

Transforming self-perceived self-employability and entrepreneurship among mothers through mobile digital sharing economy platforms: an exploratory case study

This research focuses on the extent sharing economy transforms employability for women impacted by domestic and reproductive work. The authors explore the experience of mothers…

Attraction and retention of employees in an Australian regional SME: the importance of place and scale in human resource management

This study examines employee attraction and retention issues and uses a case study of an Australian regional medium-sized enterprise to highlight the importance of organisational…

Emotional exhaustion, emotional intelligence and task performance of employees in educational institutions during COVID 19 global pandemic: a moderated-mediation model

The objective of the present study is to investigate the relationship between emotional exhaustion and performance. During the present coronavirus disease (COVID-19) global…

How do work–life support practices impact bank employees' subjective well-being?

Based on the social exchange theory, the paper aims to explore the effects of work–life support (WLS) practices on subjective well-being through work engagement and job…

Mentoring and coping self-efficacy as predictors of affective occupational commitment for women in STEM

Despite an evident increase in the number of women joining Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) majors at universities, the recruitment and retainment of women…

The buffering role of servant leadership on the relationship between organizational politics and employee task performance and citizenship behaviors

The purpose of this study was to examine whether servant leadership (SL) buffers the negative relationship between perceived organizational politics (POP) and employee performance…

A balanced perspective on the affordance of a gamified HRM system for employees' creative performance

Rather than overstating the favorable effects of gamification on work outcomes, the purpose of this paper is to present a more balanced perspective into the effects a gamified…

Perception of organizational politics, knowledge hiding and organizational citizenship behavior: the moderating effect of political skill

Based on the conservation of resource (COR) theory, this study investigates the association between the perception of organizational politics and organizational citizenship…

Crafting telework: a process model of need satisfaction to foster telework outcomes

The purpose of this study is to offer a model explicating telework as a dynamic process, theorizing that teleworkers continuously adjust – their identities, boundaries and…

The instrumental role of employee voice in achieving promotability: social influence perspective

Drawing upon social influence theory, this study examines employee voice as one potential form of social influence that enables employees to receive positive performance…

The impact of COVID-19 on the work–life balance of working mothers: evidence from Nigerian academics

Given the limiting gender role conditions arising from the prevalence of patriarchy in Nigeria and the shift to workers staying at home due to the deadly spread of coronavirus…

What if employees with intrinsic work values are given autonomy in worker co-operatives? Integration of the job demands–resources model and supplies–values fit theory

This study explores the role of intrinsic work values as a motivator in the workplace. By integrating the job demands–resources model and supplies–values fit theory, it also…

Female workers' career success in the handicraft industry: a study of Uttarakhand, India

This work is an extension of research on worker participation in achieving career success by including a prominent contextual construct, that is social capital. The present…

How difficulties in upward voice lead to lateral voice: a case study of a Chinese hospital

The aim of this study is to explore and unpack the notion of lateral voice within the context of a Chinese hospital.

Does intraorganizational competition prompt or hinder performance? The risks for proactive employees who hide knowledge

This study examines whether employees' perceptions of intraorganizational competition, defined as beliefs that the organization evaluates their performance in comparison with…

Insider perspectives on director remuneration governance deliberations

Companies around the globe increasingly receive immense shareholder scrutiny due to perceivably excessive executive director remuneration. The debate in South Africa intensifies…

Does social distancing make the heart grow fonder? The impact of work spouse interaction frequency on organizational outcomes

The shift to remote work brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic dramatically limited spontaneous workplace interpersonal interactions. For one interpersonal relationship in…

Does fear-based silence mediate the nepotism–employee outcomes relationship?

Although common throughout the world, little is known about the mechanism by which nepotism is associated with employee outcomes. Drawing from social exchange theory, this study…

Uncovering the intellectual structure of diversity management research: a bibliometric analysis (1990–2019)

Diversity management has gained researchers' and practitioners' attention because of its competitive advantage and performance outcomes in an organization. Despite increasing…

Effects of trust in organizations and trait mindfulness on optimism and perceived stress of flight attendants during the COVID-19 pandemic

This research adopts the conservation of resources (COR) theory to examine the effects of trust in organizations and trait mindfulness on optimism and perceived stress of flight…