In dieser Arbeit wird die Problematik älterer und alternder Arbeitskräfte im Spannungsfeld von demographischem Wandel, (hoher) Arbeitslosigkeit, Problemen der Rentenfinanzierung, Ansprüchen der Arbeitgeber sowie die Lebensqualität der Erwerbstätigen wird thematisiert. Innerhalb dieser...

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...

Purpose ? This paper aims to examine the employment and training of mature-aged workers, so that suggestions for improving training for mature-aged workers may be offered. Design/methodology/approach ? Six expert interviews were carried out by telephone, and three case studies involving company...

In dieser Arbeit werden demografische Determinanten der Energienachfrage der Haushalte in Deutschland untersucht, der Fokus liegt dabei auf der Nachfrage nach Energie im Bereich Raumwärme und im motorisierten Individualverkehr. Verwendet wird die Modelliermethode System Dynamics; Ergebnis der...

Die deutschen Unternehmen müssen Strategien entwickeln, die Arbeitsfähigkeit und Gesundheit ihrer älter werdenden Belegschaft bis zum Rentenalter von 67 Jahren zu erhalten bzw. zu verbessern. Dabei kommt der Arbeitszeitgestaltung eine besondere Bedeutung zu.Im Rahmen von zehn Teilprojekten in...

Nationally representative data on family businesses are available in the 1998 Workplace Employee Relations Survey, alongside comparable information for other types of firms. We use these data to compare differences in the use of different consultation and communication procedures. We cover such...

The casual nature of employment in the construction industry makes planning human asset requirements a vague exercise. Human resource information systems (HRISs) offer a means of coping with these problems through improvements in the reliability, accuracy and accessibility of the human resources...

Human Resource Management (HRM) research, theory and practice overwhelming views the staffing of firms as a series of discrete functional activities, such as recruitment, selection and training. In this study, we investigate how organisation theory, specifically transaction cost economics (TCE),...

A criticism often levelled at poor HR practice is that practitioners "don’t know the business" or are "isolated in their ivory towers". However the diverse nature of the roles played by HR practitioners naturally leads to the development of networks not only within the organisation, but...

This paper suggests a linkage between work-life balance culture and competitive advantage through commitment and firm-specific human resources. The paper argues that a workplace culture supportive of employees balancing their work and non-work lives leads to their commitment to their...