This paper deals with the role of the Danish shop steward system at five manufacturing firms which have introduced more flexible management systems during 1993-95. The firms have been part of the DISKO survey which covered 1900 Danish private firms (http: // www. business .auc. dk/ ike/ disko/)....

This paper focuses on the process whereby an individual at work is singled out and victimised. This phenomenon, named ‘psychological harassment', is defined in terms of four interrelated phases: (1) antecedents interaction, (2) harassment behaviour, (3) responses of the victim and the...

Contingency formulations of Human Resource Management (HRM) theory suggest thatthe effectiveness of HRM practices should vary across firms. This study examinedwhether the relationship between HRM practices and productivity in manufacturingcompanies is contingent upon organizational climate and...

Within much critical research literature, fast-food jobs are presented as offering few employee advantages. Indeed the disparaging term ‘McJob’ has come to describe low-skill, low-pay, dead-end, routine service industry employment in general. In contrast, there is employer-oriented...

Human resource management (HRM) is becoming more and more important for the contemporary enterprises. Organizations that understand the importance of human capital apply very specific practices for managing people. One of these practices is the application of information system for HRM (HRIS)...

Статья посвящена вопросу подбора клиентоориентированного персонала организации. На основе анализа тематической литературы и результатов собственного...

The aim of the study is to assess whether the training need assessment instruments used in Estonian public sector have been appropriate in identifying the gap between actual and desired competencies. The analysis is based on the comparison of training needs assessment techniques applied in...

This article provides information about the International Human Resource Management and discusses HRM according to the international prospective in Pakistan. In this article it is discussed that how environmental and cultural factors affect the recruitment, selection and industry/employee...

Mentoring has been used as a useful personal development tool in both business and academia. Many business organizations apply mentoring programs as part of the staff recruiting and staff development programs. Mentoring programs are important not only for business but also to serve as a bridge...

Success in human resource management (HRM) depends on the question of whether applied practices of HRM meet specific contingency factors and are appropriately configured. Using this argument, the present article examines HRM in professional service firms (PSFs) in pursuit of three objectives....