International Journal of Manpower: Volume 24 Issue 3

The turnover of jobs and workers in a deep recession: evidence from the Finnish business sector

Pekka Ilmakunnas, Mika Maliranta

Job and worker flows in the Finnish business sector are studied during a deep recession in the early 1990s. The data set covers effectively the whole work force. The gross job and…

Productivity and wage effects of “family‐friendly” fringe benefits

Reagan Baughman, Daniela DiNardi, Douglas Holtz‐Eakin

Family‐supportive employment benefits have become increasingly popular in recent years as an employer response to the increasing labor force participation of women, and the…

Human resource costs and benefits of maintaining a mature‐age workforce

Libby Brooke

The global trend of an ageing workforce and government policy directions towards reversing early retirement trends raises the issue of the costs to employers of an older…

Dispositional traits and turnover intention: Examining the mediating role of job satisfaction and affective commitment

Randy K. Chiu, Anne Marie Francesco

This paper investigates the relationships between turnover intention and positive affectivity (PA) and negative affectivity (NA), and the mediating roles of job satisfaction and…

Using an HRM pattern approach to examine the productivity of manufacturing firms – an empirical study

Liang‐Hsuan Chen, Shu‐Yi Liaw, Tzai‐Zang Lee

Manufacturing firms are always faced with the problem of promoting operational performance and labor‐force management. The utilization of human resources is closely correlated…