Human resources are very important in a business; however, the return on investment in human resources is longer than in fixed assets, so entrepreneurs frequently consider how much to actually invest. This article, based on primary research, examines the motivations for investment when a 20%...

This paper considers alternative policies for promoting skill formation that are targetted to different stages of the life cycle. We demonstrate the importance of both cognitive and noncognitive skills that are formed early in the life cycle in accounting for racial, ethnic and family background...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report the results of a survey and interviews with HR professionals to identify and better understand their perceptions and expectations of Human capital (HC) measures’ content, links to strategy, and impact on performance....

We investigate how alignment between firm and individual-level human capital resources influences firm performance. We argue that a high degree of alignment between the firm and individual levels increases human capital utilization, coordination, and transfer. Drawing on Utah residential real...

Talking about leadership is in line with followers' confidence in the credibility and integrity of a leader in an organization. The qualities of a leader are not only based on the language of his words, but also the language of his body which must conform to what is implied in his mind and soul,...

Human resources can provide a competitive advantage to firms, but we still know little about how newly-founded ventures start mobilizing these resources. Given the central role of entrepreneurs' background in designing the strategy of new firms, we investigate whether and how startup experience,...