Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance: Volume 4 Issue 1

Unravelling the foci of employee commitment

Kenneth Cafferkey, Brian Harney, Tony Dundon, Fiona Edgar

The purpose of this paper is to extend understanding regarding the basis and foci of employee commitment. It does so by exploring the direction towards employee centric rather…

Employee involvement climate and climate strength: A study of employee attitudes and organizational effectiveness in UK hospitals

Janine Bosak, Jeremy Dawson, Patrick Flood, Riccardo Peccei

Addressing the continuing productivity challenge, the purpose of this paper is to analyze data from the National Health Service on employee involvement (EI) in order to gain…

Work interruptions resiliency: toward an improved understanding of employee efficiency

Julie S. Zide, Maura J. Mills, Comila Shahani-Denning, Carolyn Sweetapple

The purpose of this paper is to operationalize the construct of work interruptions resiliency (WIR) and develop a measure assessing the extent to which employees report resiliency…

Strategic exit interviewing: encouraging voice, enhancing alignment and examining process

Victoria L. Pace, Jennifer L. Kisamore

To maximize their effectiveness, exit interviews should incorporate employee voice and be aligned with other HR processes. The purpose of this paper is to describe a three-step…

The social construction of executive remuneration in the UK: Elite competition around codification and legitimation

Stephen J. Perkins

The purpose of this paper is to reflect theoretically on a quarter-century of attempts to codify “best practice” standards related to oversight of and reporting on executive…

When organisational effectiveness fails: Business continuity management and the paradox of performance

Denis Fischbacher-Smith

The purpose of this paper is to consider the nature of the business continuity management (BCM) process and to frame it within wider literature on the performance of…