The main general goal of this study is to provide relevant information to understand occupational health and safety (OSH) management practices among European workplaces in the transportation and storage sector. Other key goals of this study include the identification of the main factors that...

The returns to firm-provided training depend on many differentfactors. Firm size is an important indicator of various of these factors, but recent research tends toneglect it. In this study thereturns to firm-provided training are estimated, taking account ofthree possible firm-sizeeffects: the...

Involuntary absence is often seen as an exogenous factor, but firms can take actions to reduceit. In this paper the notion that firms, especially SMEs, are faced with a single decisionwhether or not to undertake these actions is questioned. A firm model on involuntary absencemeasures is...

This paper examines the relationship between organization contextual variables and humanresource management (HRM) practices in small firms. The proposed model is based on anintegration of theoretical perspectives, including the resource-based approach, institutionaltheory, transaction cost...

This report contributes to a major research activity currently being carried out by the European Agency for Safety and Health (EU-OSHA) on the health and social care sector (HeSCare sector). The HeSCare sector covers a wide range of activities: healthcare activities (NACE code Q86), residential...

This report explores the motivations, opportunities and challenges of born globals and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in integrating and managing their global value chains (GVCs). The study also investigates the role of selected policy measures in supporting SME internationalisation,...

The use of supplementary employee reward systems has increased across Europe in recent decades, both in terms of the number of companies using them and the number of employees covered. Supplementary reward systems include performance-related pay, profit-sharing, payment by results and benefits...