Retention of key productive employees is a major challenge for all organisationslocally and internationally because the resulting churn created by replacingemployees that voluntarily leave the organisation costs the business both directlyand indirectly. The purpose of this study is to determine...

An executive's firm-specific human capital is argued to be a critical resource to the executive's current organization, but because of its lack of transferability, is of little value outside the firm. We argue that there exists a form of firm-based knowledge, which we term firm-explicit human...

In order to gain competitive advantage, companies must determine the relationship between HR practices and firm performance. This conceptual paper proposes a model that highlights the importance of selecting people who “fit” within the organizational culture and climate of the firm. The...

A biodata based personnel selection measure was created to improve the retention rate of Catalog Telemarketing Representatives at a major U.S. retail company. Five separate empirical biodata scoring methods were compared to examine their usefulness in predicting retention and reducing adverse...

Using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, we find that true wage changes have many fewer nominal cuts and more nominal freezes than reported nominal wage changes. The data overwhelmingly rejects a model of flexible wage changes and provides some evidence against a model of perfect downward...

This paper examines the determinants of employee turnover and long-term skill retention in Australian organisations. Three new perspectives are examined: the difference between short-run turnover and long-term retention; the role of different high performance work systems philosophies and human...

Cendant International Assignment Services is a relocation company that specializes in managing and coordinating international and domestic moves for organizations all over the world. While some organizations maintain high levels of employee retention, others encounter difficulties with attrition...

Labour ‘flexibility’ is often portrayed as important to competitive success. Using evidence from an original survey of UK firms, this paper investigates the relationships between firms' use of, on the one hand, various flexible work practices, human resource management techniques, and...

Die Zuständigkeiten für Produkte, Prozesse und Dienste liegen in öffentlichen Verwaltungen verteilt im Organisations-, IT- oder Finanzbereich. Dies erfordert Strukturen, durch die Zusammenhänge und Interdependenzen berücksichtigt werden. DienstebasierteInformationssysteme sind ein...

This course treats public-sector policies, programs, and projects that attempt to reduce poverty and unemployment in developing countries through directly income-generating activities and employment. Topics covered are (1) employment and local economic development, particularly as related to the...