We examine how firms adapt their organization when they go public. To conform with the requirements of public capital markets, we expect IPO firms to become more organized, making the firm more accountable and its human capital more easily replaceable. We find that IPO firms transform into a...

We study how firms respond to predictable, but uncertain, worker absences arising from maternity and non-work-related sickness leave. Using administrative data on over 1.5 million spells of leave in Brazil, we identify the short-run effects of a leave spell starting on firms' employment, hiring,...

Focusing on utilization of employees strengths at workforce brings companies benefit to the diverse workforce and creates a competitive advantage in a turbulent and dynamic business environment. The intention of this research is to fill a significant research gap in the in-depth exploration of...

Human resource management (HRM) practices along with appropriate leadership have a paramount role in enhancing employees' performance. Even though there was much literature on the subject of HRM and leadership, there were still some unanswered questions about the set of HR practices that most...

Employee involvement and participation is part of Labor Relations and Human Resource Management. This study is to identify how and to what extent employee involvement and employee participation mechanisms are used in the Greek subsidiaries of multinational companies in the pharmaceutical...

This paper conducts a systematic literature review and relates to how talent management (TM) and recruitment strategies are applied in the financial sector, and specifically in the banking sector. The goals of this paper are to provide a comprehensive analysis of TM research in the financial...