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Disentangling the strength of the HRM system: effects on employees reactions
Dolores de la Rosa-Navarro, Mirta Díaz-Fernández, Alvaro Lopez-CabralesA strong HRM system (encompassing the dimensions of distinctiveness, consistency and consensus) facilitates a collective interpretation of Human Resource Management (HRM…
Newly professionalised physiotherapists: symbolic or substantive change?
Pauline Anderson, Chris WarhurstThere is renewed interest in the professions as a range of occupations pursue professionalisation projects. The purpose of this paper is turn analysis to an important omission in…
Family friendly policies and the Omani Labour Law: What it entails for women employees in Oman
Shweta Belwal, Rakesh Belwal, Suhaila Ebrahim Al-HashemiThe purpose of this paper is to take cognisance of the work–life balance (WLB) challenges facing working women in Oman, make a review of the family-friendly policies (FFPs)…
Act your age? Age, intrapreneurial behavior, social capital and performance
Batia Ben Hador, Galit KleinWith increases in life expectancy, age diversity has emerged as a common feature of organizations. The purpose of this paper is to focus on the connection between employee age…
Unveiling the legal effect of collective agreements in China
Dong YanThe purpose of this paper is to examine the actual legal effect of collective agreements by focusing on the litigation regarding the implementation of collective agreements in…
How do safety engineers improve their job performance? The roles of influence tactics, expert power, and management support
Johanna Bunner, Roman Prem, Christian KorunkaNon-technical skills are of increasing importance for safety engineers to perform their job. In their position as expert consultants, they work closely with managers. Thus…
How to improve organisational citizenship behaviour by combining ability, motivation and opportunity: The moderator role of perceived organisational support
Rafael Morales-Sánchez, Susana PasamarThe purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between the ability, motivation and opportunity model, and organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) as a result…
Career attitudes and employability: analysis of mediation via career strategies
Gina Gaio Santos, Ana Paula Ferreira, José Carlos PinhoThe purpose of this paper is to evaluate the impact of career attitudes (traditional career vs boundaryless career) on perceived employability (internal vs external…
Gender differences in inter-role conflict in Spain
M. Eugenia Sánchez-Vidal, David Cegarra-Leiva, Christine CrossAttention on the issue of individual level conflict between work and life roles remains a feature of studies on work-life balance. However, few studies have examined gender…
Employees’ perceptions on the relationship between human resource management practices and employee turnover: A qualitative study
Sandeep Basnyat, Chi Sio Clarence LaoThe purpose of this paper is to explore hotel employees’ views on how human resource management (HRM) practices influence their turnover intentions.
Why worker-supported collective bargaining may still fail: Union strategies and supply chain structure in South China
Siqi Luo, Tao YangThe purpose of this paper is to illustrate that some enterprise unions in South China, as strategic labor actors, made local progress in collective bargaining, but further…
Collective turnover: organization design and processes or contagion effects?
David Kraichy, Joseph SchmidtUsing organization-level data, the purpose of this paper is to investigate whether and how turnover spreads at different job levels (i.e. managers, non-managers) and how vacancy…
When more is better: The relationships between perceived deep-level similarity, perceived workplace ethnic diversity, and immigrants’ quality of coworker relationships
Marcus A. Valenzuela, Guowei Jian, Phillip M. JollyThe purpose of this paper is to examine how organizational diversity may be associated with immigrants’ quality of coworker relationships. More specifically, this paper examines…
Staffing agencies in work relationships with independent contractors
Caroline Ruiner, Maximiliane Wilkesmann, Birgit ApitzschWhile staffing agencies are gaining importance in work relationships with the highly skilled workforce, their work relations with highly skilled independent contractors have not…
Exploring the influence of paternalistic leadership on voice behavior: A moderated mediation model
Jianfeng Jia, Shunyi Zhou, Long Zhang, Xiaoxiao JiangDrawn upon the perspective of implicit voice theory, the purpose of this paper is to explore the underlying mechanism as well as the boundary effect in the relationship between…
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