The purpose of this article is to offer a contribution to enabling an understanding of the concept of the corporate university to be developed. This contribution is in the form of a conceptual framework, drawing on the significant concepts of knowledge management, organisational learning and...

Purpose – This study aims to investigate the role of perceived external prestige (PEP), ethical organizational climate, and leader‐member exchange (LMX) quality in explaining organizational and career commitment, and also analyzes effects of the two commitments on motivation to participate...

This study aims to investigate the cognitive process by which perceived organizational justice and leader--member exchange (LMX) are channelized into role-prescribed and extra-role customer service behaviours. It proposes the mediating role of three forms of psychological empowerment (goal...

In the UK, the creative sector has been identified as a key strand in the economic recovery strategy. Composed of mostly micro and small enterprises often grouping together for particular commissions and projects, there is a tendency to operate primarily through a series of networks made up of...

This paper examines key strategic issues in the financing of e-business firms. E-business firms form part of what is called the "new economy". The paper focuses on seven Irish e-business firms quoted on NASDAQ. The paper argues that the nature of the assets of e-business firms' labour intensive...

We construct the historical development of the term "human resource development" (HRD) within the United Kingdom (UK). We argue that HRD has been introduced and employed extensively by academics but not taken up with such enthusiasm by professionals and governments. We trace the development of...

Public sector pay and pensions have been subject to large cuts in Ireland, and at the same time net pay has been reduced by increased tax and other charges. The main reason is the economic and fiscal crisis, and an agreed EU/IMF programme of expenditure cuts, tax rises, and loans. In addition,...