Purpose – The aim of this article is to argue that human resources (HR) should adjust the role it performs depending on its local environment – what is desirable and achievable. Design/methodology/approach – The paper discusses the arguments for and against the arrival of a universal...

Purpose – Discusses what motivates people who work in information technology and looks at ways that companies can retain their key personnel. Design/methodology/approach – Describes a retention and reward strategy for information‐technology specialists. Findings – Details the importance...

Purpose – Explores the myth of talent portability and offers implications for human resources. Design/methodology/approach – Summarizes the research on whether star performance can be maintained when performers move to new firms. Findings – Advances the view that performance is largely...

Purpose – Describes research on the development of leaders in Australian rail organizations. Design/methodology/approach – Details five areas where the “complementarity” contained in the Chinese yin and yang philosophy could help to restore balance in modern leadership. Findings –...

Purpose – Outlines and reports on a radical new approach to developing both an organization and its people to enable those people to be themselves in body, mind and spirit while at work and so feel fulfilled – and, in the process, enable the organization to be more successful....

Purpose – The aim of this study is to present an overview of the factors contributing to the difficulties faced by the public house (pub) sector when analysing the general decline in the number of pubs in the UK seen over recent years. Design/methodology/approach – Due to the nature of the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a more refined and comprehensive explanation of the HR‐firm performance relationship. Based on the recent conceptual and empirical research that is grounded in attribution theory, the model posits that flexibility regarding firm's HR system...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the current status of competency modeling in Chinese organizations, and explore approaches to further advancing related research and practice. Design/methodology/approach – A literature review method with a content analysis approach was...

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to detail the innovative campaign co‐developed by Words&Pictures and Specsavers to raise the caliber of Specsavers' profile in the optics profession among university optometry graduates, to produce a continuous flow of talent within the company, and to give...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the marketing notion of segmentation in the HR context and specifically how this thinking can be applied to talent and reward programs. Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents a best practice guide and discussion based on a...