Employee Relations: Volume 38 Issue 5

Managing employees beyond age 65: from the margins to the mainstream?

David Lain, Wendy Loretto

Against a backdrop of legislative and policy changes, this paper assesses the extent to which the over-65 age-group is moving from the margins to the mainstream of UK employment…

Does Investors in People affect organisational performance: a relevant question?

Andre de Waal

Ever since the introduction of Investors in People (IiP), a management framework for high performance invented by the UK Government aimed at improving the UK’s industrial…

High performance work systems and organization attraction: The moderating effects of vocational interests

Hwanwoo Lee, Steve Werner, Tae-Yeol Kim

The purpose of this paper is to test the effect of human resource systems on organization attraction. Furthermore, the authors theorize and test how the vocational interests of…

Lasting footprints of the employer brand: can sustainable HRM lead to brand commitment?

Stefanie App, Marion Büttgen

The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether both perceived sustainable organizational and supervisor support, which represent a sustainable human resource management (HRM…

Labour resistance and worker attitudes towards trade union reform in China

Kan Wang

Drawing its arguments and conclusion from a ten-year survey on workers’ experiences of labour disputes, along with anticipation of trade union reform, the purpose of this paper is…

Affective and normative forces between HCHRM and turnover intention in China

Xinxin Lu, Yidong Tu, Yanping Li, Chiang-Chun Ho

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the affective and normative mechanisms linking high-commitment human resource management (HCHRM) to employee turnover intention…

Workplace bullying and workplace deviance: The mediating effect of emotional exhaustion and the moderating effect of core self-evaluations

Yen-Chun Peng, Liang-Ju Chen, Chen-Chieh Chang, Wen-Long Zhuang

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between workplace bullying and workplace deviance. This study also examined the mediating effect of emotional exhaustion…

Understanding the causes and consequences of work-family conflict: An exploratory study of Nigerian employees

Toyin Ajibade Adisa, Ellis L.C. Osabutey, Gbolahan Gbadamosi

An important theme for a twenty-first century employee is a desire for work and family balance which is devoid of conflict. Drawing on detailed empirical research, the purpose of…

Exploring performance management in four UK trade unions

Denise Thursfield, Katy Grayley

The purpose of this paper is to explore performance management in four UK trade unions. Specifically, the extent to which managers in the four unions accept or dismiss the…

Target experiences of workplace bullying: insights from Australia, India and Turkey

Premilla D'Cruz, Megan Paull, Maryam Omari, Burcu Guneri-Cangarli

– The purpose of this paper is to explore target experiences of workplace bullying across Australia, India and Turkey, uncovering cross-cultural convergence and divergence.