Employee Relations: Volume 41 Issue 5

Strategic alignment of IT and human resources management in manufacturing SMEs: Empirical test of a mediation model

François L'Écuyer, Louis Raymond, Bruno Fabi, Sylvestre Uwizeyemungu

Within the manufacturing sector, small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) face specific challenges with regard to their strategic HRM capabilities. In this context, an emerging…

When a proximate starts to gossip: Instrumentality considerations in the emergence of abusive supervision

Bashir Ahmad, Hussain Tariq, Qingxiong (Derek) Weng, Samson Samwel Shillamkwese, Nadeem Sohail

Based on revenge theory and the three objectives of social interaction theory of aggression, the purpose of this paper is to develop a framework to answer why and when a…

Organizational and Talent attributes of the Indian IT industry

Kelitha Cherian, T.J. Kamalanabhan

This study is a comparative organizational analysis of the four subsectors of the Indian information technology (IT) industry, namely, IT service (ITS), business process…

Moderating effect of perceived organizational support on the relationship between leader–member exchange and expatriate voice in multinational banks

Peter Jih-Hsin Sher, Wen-Long Zhuang, Ming-Chieh Wang, Chun-Jung Peng, Chun-Han Lee

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of home and host country leader–member exchange (LMX) on expatriate voice and determine whether perceived organizational…

Support for supervisors: HR enabling flexible work

Penelope Williams

Flexible work arrangements (FWAs) are routinely offered in organizational policy, yet employee access to FWAs is highly dependent upon support from their immediate supervisor…

Converging HRM practices? A comparison of high performance work system practices in MNC subsidiaries and domestic firms in Pakistan

Mansoor Ahmad, Matthew M.C. Allen, Muhammad Mustafa Raziq, Wali ur Rehman

Existing work on convergence/divergence among HRM practices in MNCs and local firms mainly focuses on Europe and the USA. Limited research examines these organizations in…

Human resource management (HRM) practices and organizational performance: The mediating role of employee competencies

Frank Nana Kweku Otoo

The purpose of this paper is to examine the mediating role of employee competencies in the relationship between human resource management (HRM) practices and organizational…

Knowledge sharing of inpatriates: Empirical evidence from an ability–motivation–opportunity perspective

Tassilo Schuster, Dirk Holtbrügge, Franziska Engelhard

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effects of inpatriates’ abilities, motivation and opportunities on knowledge sharing and the moderating role of boundary spanning in…

The gift in shared HRM ethics in SMEs

Ludivine Adla, Virginie Gallego-Roquelaure

The purpose of this paper is to understand how the relationship of gifts/counter-gifts between actors enables us to build an HRM policy that we call “shared and ethical”. It is…

Front-line service managers’ misbehaviour and disengagement: the elephant in the store?

Anastasios Hadjisolomou

The purpose of this paper is to revisit discussions on managerial work, seeking to re-examine the front-line service manager’s position within the service triangle, and bring…

Brexit: human resourcing implications

Maranda Ridgway

Three years on from the Brexit vote, while it remains a central topic for debate in the media, there has been limited discussion about the human resource (HR) implications. The…

Are high-performance work systems (HPWS) appreciated by everyone? The role of management position and gender on the relationship between HPWS and affective commitment

Jim Andersén, Annelie Andersén

Although most studies on HPWS focus on various firm-level outcomes, there has been an increasing interest in how employees are affected by HPWS. However, most of these studies use…

Coercive pressures for the implementation of health and safety practices: are they enough?

Macarena López-Fernández, Susana Pasamar

The purpose of this paper is to examine why companies are placing increasing importance on implementing occupational health and safety (OHS) practices, and to analyse their…

Effects of perceived diversity on perceived organizational performance: Mediating role of perceived organizational justice

Riffat Blouch, Malik Faisal Azeem

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the association between constructs of employee perception of diversity (EPD) and perceived organizational performance (POP) through…

Participatory HRM and firm performance: Unlocking the box through organizational climate and employee outcomes

Neha Gahlawat, Subhash C. Kundu

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between participatory HRM and firm performance through a series of mediators.

HR technologies and HR-staff technostress: an unavoidable or combatable effect?

Gary Walter Florkowski

Drawing on the job demands-resources and IS literatures, the purpose of this paper is to identify organizational factors that mitigate technostress in the HR department; and to…