International Journal of Manpower: Volume 44 Issue 8

Wage premium and master's degrees: some empirical evidence from Spain

Antonio Caparrós Ruiz

The current expansion of the knowledge economy and its requirements of highly educated workers make interesting to analyse the effects on the labour market outcomes of completing…

Substitutability between older and younger workers and its implications for Japan

Quoc Hung Nguyen

This study investigates the impact of the increasing proportion of older workers in the workforce by establishing a theoretical framework and estimating the degree of…

Higher education by fields and foreign direct investments: insights from OECD countries

Müzeyyen Merve Şeri̇foğlu, Pelin Öge Güney

This paper investigates the two-way relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows and higher education across 36 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and…

The gender wage gap in Egypt: public versus private sector

Emanuela Ghignoni, Francesco Pastore

After the decision of the Egyptian government to adhere to the Equal Pay International Coalition in 2020, a great deal needs to be done to guarantee ‘equal pay for equal work’…

Fostering extra-role green behavior through green HRM practices: mediating role of green absorptive capacity

Muhammad Sarmad, Muhammad Ahmed Pirzada, Rimsha Iqbal

The green aspects in current management practices are strongly emphasized for sustainable and environment friendly business operations. Thus, building on…

Employee innovative job performance and firms' financial performance: a multilevel insight with big data analytics and entrepreneurial orientation

Faisal Mahmood, Maria Saleem, Antonio Ariza-Montes, Heesup Han

The present research developed and investigated a multilevel theoretical framework by underpinning a resource-based view (RBV) that uncovers how and when academic researchers and…

Labour protection, social security contributions and corporate innovation: evidence from China

Yuanfang Wang, He Tian, Yekun Xu

As China shifts from a “human capital demographic dividend” to a “demographic dividend” as a source of economic growth, this paper examines the influence of social security system…

The role of international experience and cultural intelligence in the intention to work abroad (the case of geographically and politically isolated countries)

Marina Iskhakova, Sofia Kosheleva

This study contributes to the conversation on international career development and its antecedents. Drawing on experiential learning theory and social cognitive theory, the…

The impact of highly skilled emigrants on the origin country's innovation performance: the case of Greece

Lois Labrianidis, Theodosis Sykas, Evi Sachini, Nikolaos Karampekios

The study aims to investigate the impact of highly skilled emigration from Greece on the innovation performance of the Greek economy.

Analysing gender differences in academic performance and labour market outcomes of engineering graduates: evidence from India

Itishree Choudhury, Seema Singh

Participation of women in engineering education is considerably low in India, although it is increasing in recent years. Also, engineering is primarily treated as a male-dominated…