Purpose – To explore and describe the roles, activities and strategies of French human resource development professionals. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is based primarily on exploratory and descriptive research. A range of secondary sources on European and French human resource...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore and describe how the decision to outsource human resources was made by 12 large and five small organisations. Design/methodology/approach – Desk research and key informant interviews with senior HR staff who lead the decision to outsource...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report on case study research of employment downsizing and the implications for equal opportunity and diversity management conducted in the UK airline industry during 2002/2003. Design/methodology/approach – Review of literature on downsizing and...

The Opportunity 2000 Campaign has recognized that equal opportunity policy change has to be accompanied by a process of culture change in organizations. However, sustaining commitment to an equal opportunity culture may be a difficult task in times of rapid and varied organizational change. In...