Whilst it is impossible to argue that the earth is flat without fearing ridicule, fallacies in economics are widespread. Such fallacies pervade the intellectual sphere and even influence policy. Professor Geoffrey Wood of the University of Buckingham exposes such popular economic fallacies in...

Strategic human resource management has been linked to competitive advantage and in turn to organizational performance. This linkage has been viewed from a universal, a contextual or a configurational perspective. Adopting the latter perspective, the authors of the present study investigate the...

This paper uses insights and data gained from 15 years of involvement in a research network studying HRM developments in Europe to explore the notion of 'European HRM' and the meanings of convergence and divergence in HRM Using data from the last decade of the Cranet research, the paper puts...

This thesis isconcerned with understanding the expectations that corporateemployees formabout the work- and career-related outcomes of aninternational assignment.Suchexpectations arefrequentlycited asbeing "unreasonable"and a majorsource of problemsin the repatriation and reintegration...

The keyobjectivesfor this research were to:() Provide adatabase inorder to extend the knowledgeandunderstanding of the management and use of overtime across thewhole economy;ii) Review and test a range of research questions andhypothesesconcerning specific problems and controversies surrounding...

This research is about financing practices of Pakistani-immigrant and indigenous-ownedsmall travel agents. The study provides an understanding of the capital structures ofbusinesses owned by both groups and compares these to draw similarities and differencesbetween both groups. The research...

This article explores the motives of individuals to accept internationalassignments. It uses a combination of qualitative and quantitative researchmethods to further our understanding of how important a variety of items are inthe decision to work abroad. Employing a mutual dependency perspective...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce and contextualize this special issue of the Baltic Journal of Management and provide a route map for the reader through the various contributions. Design/methodology/approach – This overarching paper contextualizes the theme and introduces...