Employee Relations: Volume 45 Issue 7

Recruiting business expatriates in Portugal: a surefooted endeavor?

João Vasco Coelho

Managerial discourses tend to portray work-related mobility practices in a positive light, presenting mobility assignments as a place of stimulus and differentiation. A conception…

Advance employee development to increase performance of the family business

Pedro Victor Núñez-Cacho Utrilla, Felix A. Grande-Torraleja, Antonio Luis Moreno Albarracín, Cristina Ortega-Rodríguez

The search for competitiveness by family-owned companies has led us to research topics that may help these companies succeed. The management of human capital is undoubtedly one of…

A hostile work climate and workplace bullying: reciprocal effects and gender differences

Michael Rosander, Denise Salin

In this paper the authors argue that organizational climate and workplace bullying are connected, intertwined and affect each other. More precisely, the focus of the present study…

The nail in the coffin? Pandemic and social dialogue in Poland

Jan Czarzasty, Adam Mrozowicki

In the context of debates on the role of social partners in shaping anti-crisis policies, the article explores the developments of social dialogue in Poland following the outbreak…

Sustainable HRM, training for employability and organizational outcomes: the moderating role of competitive intensity

Mattia Martini, Egidio Riva, Elisabetta Marafioti

The present study connects the literature on sustainable HRM with that on employability to investigate the relationship between sustainability-oriented human resource actions and…

Work-life balance policies and organizational financial performance: a scoping review

Zuzana Opatrná, Jakub Prochazka

Work-life balance (WLB) policies have become a popular topic in both academic literature and organizations. However, previous studies in this area have provided mixed results, and…

Diversity and inclusion in employer branding: an explorative analysis of European companies' digital communication

Maria Giovanna Confetto, Aleksandr Ključnikov, Claudia Covucci, Mara Normando

The study aims to investigate the usage of diversity and inclusion (D&I) signals in communications for employer branding through digital channels made by European companies.

Roads to recovery in remote working. Exploration of the perceptions of energy-consuming elements of remote work and self-promoted strategies toward psychological detachment

Heini Pensar, Liisa Mäkelä

This paper examines an employee's recovery process in the remote-working context. It explores which elements of remote work are energy-consuming for employees and what action they…