Employee Relations: Volume 43 Issue 3

Employee happiness and corporate social responsibility: the role of organizational culture

Francisco Espasandín-Bustelo, Juan Ganaza-Vargas, Rosalia Diaz-Carrion

This research explores how does the organizational culture influence internal corporate social responsibility (CSR) actions and the effect of these actions on the level of…

The coronavirus pandemic, short-term employment support schemes and undeclared work: some lessons from Europe

Colin C. Williams, Gamze Oz-Yalaman

The temporary enforced closure of businesses in response to the coronavirus pandemic has resulted in governments in Europe and beyond offering short-term financial support to the…

Determinants of the annual rate of change of union membership in divergent national contexts after the nations survive through major economic crisis

Santanu Sarkar, Ranabir Chakraborty

We were intrigued by the question of whether the convergence of businesses across nations in search of flexibility to survive economic crisis led to a convergence of the annual…

The impact of economic factors on the relationships between psychological contract breach and work outcomes: a meta-analysis

Thushel Jayaweera, Matthijs Bal, Katharina Chudzikowski, Simon de Jong

The purpose of this paper is to explore the macroeconomic factors that may moderate the psychological contract breach (PCB) and work outcome relationship.

How workplace fun is experienced in the banking sector? A qualitative study

Mohamed Mousa

This paper aims to investigate how workplace fun is experienced in two public Egyptian banks by addressing the employees working there.

Participation in decision-making and work outcomes: evidence from a developing economy

Elaheh Behravesh, A. Mohammed Abubakar, Cem Tanova

Although there is general agreement that employee participation in decision-making (PDM) has individual and organizational benefits, an important question remains about the…

Are online job quality quizzes of any value? Selecting questions, maximising quiz completions and estimating biases

Alan Felstead

The purpose of this paper is to compare two ways of collecting job quality data in Britain using a common set of questions. One way is through a short quiz taken by a…

Corporate social responsibility and independent employee representation: an ethical contradiction?

Lorraine Ryan, Thomas Turner

Many familiar global corporations have well-developed corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies that enunciate socially caring values that include the dignity and well-being…

It’s something that you should go to HR about' – banter, social interactions and career barriers for women in the advertising industry in England

Martina Topić

This paper uses a Difference Approach and Bourdieu's habitus theory to analyse the experiences of women working in the advertising industry with a particular focus on employee…

A study of millennials' preferred work-related attributes and retention

Raymond Pasko, Rosemary Maellaro, Michael Stodnick

The purpose of this study is to examine the differences in preferred work-related attributes across generational cohorts. Specific focus is given to investigating whether…

Exploring types, drivers and outcomes of social e-HRM

Mattia Martini, Dario Cavenago, Elisabetta Marafioti

This paper explores the use of social media (SM) in Human Resource Management (HRM). Building on the configurational approach, the study investigates the existence of different…

Effect of work engagement on meaningful work and psychological capital: perspectives from social workers in New Zealand

Kim-Lim Tan, Tek-Yew Lew, Adriel K.S. Sim

This paper investigates the effect and the predictive capacity of work engagement on personal and job resources, in the form of psychological capital (PsyCap) and meaningful work…