Personnel Review: Volume 50 Issue 1

Organizational justice and climate for inclusion

Huong Le, Catrina Palmer Johnson, Yuka Fujimoto

This article examines a climate for inclusion through the lens of organizational justice. We argue that open interpersonal contacts, the fair treatment of gender-diverse…

Organization-based self-esteem and work-life outcomes

Judith R. Gordon, Elizabeth Hood

This study examines the relationship of organization-based self-esteem (OBSE) to work-life conflict and enrichment. It considers whether work engagement mediates this relationship…

Gender and job performance: linking the high performance work system with the ability–motivation–opportunity framework

Fiona Edgar, Nancy M. Blaker, André M. Everett

For some years, human resource management (HRM) scholars have sought to understand how the high performance work system (HPWS) impacts performance. Recently, attention has turned…

Unique nature of appraisal politics as a work stress: test of stress–strain model from appraisee's perspective

Amit Dhiman

This paper delineates the distinctive nature of appraisal politics perceptions (referenced to organizational politics) experienced by appraisees (APAP) as a form of hindrance work…

When and why organizational cynicism leads to CWBs

Saima Naseer, Usman Raja, Fauzia Syed, Muhammad Usman Anwar Baig

Using conservation of resources theory (COR), the authors test the combined effects of cynicism and psychological capital on counterproductive work behaviors (CWBs) mediated…

Sleepy but creative? How affective commitment, knowledge sharing and organizational forgiveness mitigate the dysfunctional effect of insomnia on creative behaviors

Dirk De Clercq, Renato Pereira

This study investigates how employees' experience of suffering from insomnia might reduce the likelihood that they perform creative activities, as well as how this negative…

Negative publicity and potential applicants' intention to apply amid a discrimination scandal: a moderated mediation model

Zhe Ouyang, Yuanyuan Zhang, Xi Hu

The exposure of recruitment discrimination often leads to negative publicity, which can substantially affect organizational attractiveness and the behavioral intentions of…

Spiritual leadership and work–family conflict: mediating effects of employee well-being

William D. Hunsaker

This study examines how employee well-being, in combination with spiritual leadership, helps mitigate the negative effects of work–family conflict.

Linking ethical leadership and ethical climate to employees' ethical behavior: the moderating role of person–organization fit

Hussam Al Halbusi, Kent A. Williams, Thurasamy Ramayah, Luigi Aldieri, Concetto Paolo Vinci

With the growing demand for ethical standards in the prevailing business environment, ethical leadership has been under increasingly more focus. Based on the social exchange…

Perceived organizational support and work engagement of employees with children with disabilities

Abraham Stefanidis, Vasilis Strogilos

The purpose of this research is to investigate the role of organizational support, as it is evidenced by supervisor's support and coworkers' support, in the work engagement levels…

The future of your job represents your future: a moderated mediation model of transformational leadership and job crafting

Rana Muhammad Naeem, Khalil Ahmed Channa, Zahid Hameed, Ghulam Ali Arain, Zia Ul Islam

In this study, the authors aim to explain the mechanism between transformational leadership and job crafting. They predict that job-based psychological ownership (job-based PO…

Self-efficacy and job search success for new graduates

Gerardo Petruzziello, Marco Giovanni Mariani, Rita Chiesa, Dina Guglielmi

The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between general self-efficacy (GSE), job search self-efficacy (JSSE), extraversion and job search success within a sample…

Employer image, corporate image and organizational attractiveness: the moderating role of social identity consciousness

Raghda Abulsaoud Ahmed Younis, Rasha Hammad

Although researchers agreed that corporate image and employer image are important factors affecting organizational attractiveness, understanding the role of social identity within…

Organizational change and work stress, attitudes, and cognitive load utilization: a natural experiment in a university restructuring

Salvador Contreras, Jorge A. Gonzalez

The authors present a quantitative analysis of the effect that organizational change has on work stress, work attitudes and perceptions, and cognitive utilization in a task.

High-performance work systems and job performance: the mediating role of social identity, social climate and empowerment in Chinese banks

Timothy Bartram, Brian Cooper, Fang Lee Cooke, Jue Wang

Despite the utility of social identity and social climate theories in explaining individual and group behaviour within organizations, little research has been conducted on how…

Core self-evaluations associated with workaholism: the mediating role of perceived job demands

Ying An, Xiaomin Sun, Kai Wang, Huijie Shi, Zhenzhen Liu, Yiming Zhu, Fang Luo

Why do some employees choose to prolong their working hours excessively? The current study tested how core self-evaluations (CSEs) might lead to workaholism and how perceived job…

How do changes in human resource programs lead to innovation: an organizational entrainment perspective on the temporal mechanisms in HRM

Xiaoyu Huang, Lihua Zhang, Cailing Feng, Craig Richard Seal

The current study aims to investigate the temporal mechanisms in HRM systems by focusing on how HRM systems evolve over time and how such changes affect organizational innovation.

A study of young workers' union behaviors

Ed Dandalt, Marybeth Gasman, Georges Goma

This study seeks to explore the union perspective of a group of unionized young Canadian teachers to understand their belief system about trade unionism.

Flexible working and applicant attraction: a person–job fit approach

Jean-François Stich

The ability to work anytime from anywhere is attractive to job seekers, who respond by developing needs regarding flexible working. Flexibility needs are compared to the…

Frontline managers' implementation of the formal and informal performance management systems

Qian Yi Lee, Keith Townsend, Adrian Wilkinson

The implementation of performance management is the responsibility of managers; more importantly, a key part of a frontline manager's role is ensuring that frontline employees are…