International Journal of Manpower: Volume 26 Issue 7/8

Introduction: HRM and job performance incentives

Benoît Mahy, Robert Plasman, François Rycx

The paper aims to introduce the special issue of IJM, a collection of papers that were originally presented at the 88^th Applied Econometrics Association Conference.

Performance‐related pay and firm performance in Finland

Hannu Piekkola

To analyse productivity effects of performance‐related pay (PRP).

Some are punished and some are rewarded: A study of the impact of performance pay on job satisfaction

W.D. McCausland, K. Pouliakas, I. Theodossiou

To investigate whether significant differences exist in job satisfaction (JS) between individuals receiving performance‐related pay (PRP) and those on alternative compensation…

Promotion to hospital consultant in NHS Scotland

Kostas Mavromaras, Anthony Scott

The aim of this paper is to investigate the factors that influence promotions of medical staff from registrar to consultant in the Scottish NHS.

Firm‐provided social concerns – just another compensating wage differentials story?

Iben Bolvig

To analyse two important effects of the level of social concern in the firm. First, the effect on the labour force composition, i.e. do particular types of concerns attract…

Why do large firms pay higher wages? Evidence from matched worker‐firm data

Thierry Lallemand, Robert Plasman, François Rycx

This paper analyses the magnitude and sources of the firm‐size wage premium in the Belgian private sector.

Human resource management and labour demand dynamics in Belgium: A microeconometric analysis using employers' matched data

Laurent Arnone, Claire Dupont, Benoît Mahy, Séverine Spataro

This paper aims to estimate whether human resource (HR) practices influence labour demand dynamics behaviour.