International Journal of Manpower: Volume 21 Issue 6

Part‐time employment in Australia – Evidence for globalization?

Alex de Ruyter, John Burgess

Part‐time employment has expanded across most OECD countries over the past 25 years. Over the last two decades the Australian part‐time employment share has more than doubled to…

Global change, economic restructuring and labour market issues in Mexico City

Miguel Jimenez

This paper analyses how economic effects driven by the process of globalization, such as those generated by the rise in international trade and in flows of foreign direct…

Globalization, biotechnologization of agriculture and farmers – The quasi‐employees of the new high technology farms

Samuel Abaidoo

One of the major changes associated with economic globalization is the increasing importance of intellectual property. In the area of food production, the procurement of…

The effects of cross‐cultural training on the acculturation process of the global workforce

Norhayati Zakaria

Cross‐cultural training is fast becoming a recognizably important component in the world of international business. This paper discusses the effectiveness of cross‐cultural…

Using Evaluation in Training and Development

Cephas Odini

Unfinished Business: The Diversity Promise

Catherine Cassell