This study involved the analysis of 935 unfair dismissal arbitration decisions of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission from 2000 to 2005. It explores whether gender effects were present in the arbitration decisions, and whether dismissed employees received different arbitration...

[Abstract]: The perceptions of managers regarding diversity management in a sample of Australian companies was measured by a Diversity Survey adapted from Gardenswartz & Rowe (1993). The survey measures 277 managers? perceptions on symptoms of diversity related problems; openness to change of a...

Delayering and the flattening of organizational hierarchies was a widespread trend through the 1990s. Peters (1992) in the USA promoted flattening as an organizational strategy and Keuning and Opheij (1994) promoted the prescriptions in Europe. Despite these strategies and apparent structural...

Organizations in many OECD economies have undergone a decade of downsizing, restructuring and transition. For example, workforce reductions were a dominant feature of firm behaviour in Australia throughout the 1990s. These wide-ranging organizational transitions are expected to continue. What do...

In recent decades, mentoring has been identified as a worthwhile workplace learning activity for men, women and minority groups in a variety of organisational settings such as large and small corporations, government departments, hospitals, universities and schools. Mentoring has received...

Despite the increased awareness surrounding sustainability issues and growing pressure on businesses to adopt sustainable business practices, there is little understanding of management processes and practices necessary for SMEs to implement environmental sustainable (ES) practices. Through...

Objectives: While there is extensive management and academic literature on the topic area of high performance management practices (HPPs) internationally, research on HPPs in the Australian context is limited. Furthermore, research on HPPs has focused predominantly on large organisations and is...

There are high expectations for growth and performance of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the current economic environment. SMEs are expected to play a significant role in the development plans for Asia Pacific, Canada, British Columbia and the Okanagan region (Asia Pacific Economic...

It is easier to replicate technology than to replicate the unique combination of individuals employed within the organisation. In SMEs this is even more crucial because each employee constitutes a larger percentage of the total workforce. Given the considerable importance of ensuring that the...

The purpose of this study is to examine the practices and attitudes of female SME managers in family firms on human resource development practices with particular focus on training, networking and mentoring. Research on this particular topic has focused predominantly on large organisations and...