Employee Relations: Volume 46 Issue 1

High-performance work systems and proactive behavior: the mediating role of customer-oriented behavior

Makoto Matsuo

Although high-performance work systems (HPWS) have been shown to promote employees' proactive behavior, only a limited number of studies have examined this process. This study…

“If only these conversations had happened in induction.” Influencing employee aspiration with action learning-led inductions in the Big Four

Deborah Callaghan, Helen Collins

This paper explores employee experiences of induction in the Big Four accountancy firms to understand how induction influences new recruits' career aspirations.

Understanding the link between HRM and innovation in SMEs through a multi-level approach

Ludivine Adla, Virginie Gallego-Roquelaure

From a relational perspective, this research aims to answer the following question: How can human resource management (HRM) and innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises…

Workers’ voice from the triangular employment relationship lens: towards a conceptual framework

Kabiru Oyetunde, Rea Prouska, Aidan McKearney

This paper examines the circumstantial state of mediated work to develop a conceptual framework exemplifying the determinants of voice of workers in triangular employment…

Can female executives improve employment relations outcomes? Empirical evidence from China with gender implications

Fang Yuan, Fang Lee Cooke, Xiaozhen Fang, Fansuo An, Yiming He

Despite the growing research interest in gender diversity, the presence of female executives and organizational outcomes, the relationship between female executives and employment…

Should I stay or should I go: how pay secrecy influences turnover intentions

Shelly Rodrigue, Susie Cox

The purpose of this study is to extend the pay communication literature by examining the relationship between pay secrecy and turnover intentions with the inclusion of mediators…

Impact of employee well-being on performance in the context of crisis-induced remote work: role of boundary control and professional isolation

Akanksha Jaiswal, Neethu Prabhakaran

COVID-19 forced employees to work remotely. Since this shift from physical to remote working was sudden and unprecedented, the authors aimed to examine the impact of employee…

Legal protection for gig workers' availability time: an empirical study of take-out platform riders in Beijing

Yanlong Zhang, Dong Yan

This empirical study of one of China's biggest take-out platforms during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) explores the legal rights and protections for gig workers'…

Paternalism as a positive way of HRM in MSMEs during the COVID-19 pandemic

Fuangfa Panya

This study focuses on owner-managers’ paternalism and its effects on human resource management (HRM) in micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) during COVID-19 pandemic. It…

The influence of the labour market and COVID-19 on human resource practices in SMEs in China: a longitudinal study

Shaoheng Li, Christopher J. Rees, Hui Zhang

The purpose of this study is to investigate the evolving perceptions and human resource (HR) responses of owners and HR managers of Chinese small and medium-sized enterprises…

Investigating the impact of person-organization fit on employee well-being in uncertain conditions: a study in three central European countries

Vaida Jaškevičiūtė, Tibor Zsigmond, Szilárd Berke, Nemanja Berber

The objective of this research is to explore the relationship between person-organization fit and employee well-being in the context of uncertainty across three Central European…

Organizational factors determining LGBT disclosure: an analysis of the Brazilian context

Alan Bandeira Pinheiro, Nágela Bianca do Prado, Gustavo Hermínio Salati Marcondes de Moraes, Wendy Beatriz Witt Haddad Carraro

This study investigated the impact of some determinant organizational factors on disseminating LGBT information in Brazilian companies in 2019.