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End of the Mystery – Calculating the True Cost of Employee Absence

Huczynski, Andrzej; Fitzpatrick, Michael - In: Employee Relations 11 (1989) 6, pp. 12-15

The very practical issue of calculating the costs to the company of employee absence is discussed. The article is based on the research carried out by the authors of their recently published book, Managing Employee Absence for a Competitive Edge , an acronym for the seven‐step approach to...

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Extent of employee turnover in Nigerian SMEs : Employees’-owner/managers’ standpoint

Siyanbola, Tejumade Omowumi; Gilman, Mark W. - In: Employee Relations 39 (2017) 7, pp. 967-985

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the magnitude of employee turnover (E-turnover) in Nigerian small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with particular focus on the manufacturing and service firms adjudged as central to the growth and development of Nigerian economy....

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Job retention and return to work of ill and injured workers : Towards an understanding of the organisational dynamics

James, Philip; Cunningham, Ian; Dibben, Pauline - In: Employee Relations 28 (2006) 3, pp. 290-303

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to put forward a conceptual framework which details the policies and practices that can potentially contribute to the effective management of long‐term absences, and hence the return to work and retention of ill and injured workers, and considers how...

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Absenteeism in the Nordic countries

Løkke, Ann‐Kristina; Eskildsen, Jacob K.; Wendelboe … - In: Employee Relations 29 (2006) 1, pp. 16-29

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the drivers of absenteeism and gives information of the relationship … between absenteeism and personal and organizational characteristics in the Nordic countries. Design/methodology/approach – The … international comparative studies of absenteeism in the Nordic countries, this paper brings new and a deeper understanding of the …

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High performance HRM and establishment performance in Pakistan: an empirical analysis

Ahmad, Mansoor; Allen, Matthew - In: Employee Relations 37 (2015) 5, pp. 506-524

with better HR-related outcomes (absenteeism, quit rates, and labour productivity). Overall, the paper finds some limited …

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Evaluating HRM effectiveness: the stereotype connection

Gibb, Stephen - In: Employee Relations 22 (2000) 1, pp. 58-75

The perspective and concern considered here is the internal‐subjective evaluation of HRM effectiveness. This involved investigating managers’ and employees’ perceptions about standards of HRM and of the work of human resources (HR) staff in their own organizations. Survey research...

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Neither poison nor panacea: shopfloor responses to TQM

Glover, Linda - In: Employee Relations 22 (2000) 2, pp. 121-141

While there has been much conjecture as to the implications of TQM for shopfloor workers, there have been relatively few studies that have investigated shopfloor responses to TQM via in‐depth interviews. Focuses on shopfloor workers who might have been expected to conform to the...

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HR‐line work relations:a review, pilot case and research agenda

Renwick, Douglas - In: Employee Relations 22 (2000) 2, pp. 179-201

States that in respect of organizations’ attempts to devolve operational HR management to line managers, and the reconfiguration of HR work in general, one area of HR work that has received relatively little attention is the state of work relations between HR and line managers involved in the...

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HRM in UK hotels: a focus on commitment

McGunnigle, Peter J.; Jameson, Stephanie M. - In: Employee Relations 22 (2000) 4, pp. 403-422

Explores human resource management (HRM) and the established relationships between HRM, the management of “commitment cultures”, the recruitment and selection procedures, and the training and development practices considered necessary to develop employee commitment. The literature suggests...

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Benchmarking HRM and the benchmarking of benchmarking : Best practices from outside the square in the Australian finance industry

Rodwell, John J.; Lam, Jeremy; Fastenau, Maureen - In: Employee Relations 22 (2000) 4, pp. 356-374

Organisations with low absenteeism and low turnover can be distinguished from organisations with high absenteeism and …

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