Knowledge and competency of human resources are valuable assets of an organization and human resource actions are the major tools through which organizations can exploit skills, attitudes, and behaviors of people to do their tasks and fulfill organizational purposes. The present study explores...

In increasingly demanding environments, organizations need to manage their human resources effectively, as these are fundamental to their success. Therefore, it is important to improve the performance of these resources by conducting systematic evaluations and by collecting information on their...

In 2014, a union of German research organizations established Projekt DEAL, a national-level project to negotiate licensing agreements with large scientific publishers. Negotiations between DEAL and Elsevier began in 2016, and broke down without a successful agreement in 2018; during this time,...