"This book intends to capture insights into the global perspectives of researchers and practitioners on issues, challenges and solutions for mitigating gender, age and religious diversity-related matters in the workplace, highlighting policies and practices prevalent in a variety of sectors in...

This study uses a 10-year longitudinal database on U.S. manufacturing establishments to analyze the dynamics of the adoption and termination of employee involvement programs (EI). We show that firms' use of EI has not grown continuously, but rather introduce and terminate EI policies in ways...

How do regions acquire the knowledge they need to diversify their economic activities? How does the migration of workers among firms and industries contribute to the diffusion of that knowledge? Here we measure the industry, occupation, and location specific knowledge carried by workers from one...

Traditional human capital theory emphasizes a worker's investment in knowledge. However, when a worker is faced with day-to-day problems on the job, the solutions to the problems often require more knowledge from a team of experts within the firm. When a worker taps into the knowledge of...

This paper utilizes a unique dataset collected through site visits to extend the analysis of the relationship between the human resource management environment and establishment performance to the service sector, specifically the branch operations of a large bank. Case studies of several...

What enables some employee ownership firms to overcome the free rider problem and motivate employees to improve performance? This study analyzes the role of human resource policies in the performance of employee ownership companies, using employee survey data from 14 companies and a national...

"This book is a pivotal reference source for the latest scholarly research on emerging human resource practices in relation to labor management, featuring innovative methods to remain competitive in the global business arena"--Provided by publisher.

"This book addresses the challenges and issues pertaining to the changing dynamics of employee relations and provides additional support to better deal with critical issues related to people management"--

Understanding strategic human resource management with special reference to its components, objectives, models & perspectives / ZAINAB HAMID, University of Kashmir, India, Shawkat Shah, Department of Psychology, University of Kashmir, India -- A research about the organizational psychological...

"This book explores how an emotional approach can influence human resource practices, consumer behavior, knowledge management, managing people, and leadership skills. It also considers practical consequences to the way an organization should be managed"--