International Journal of Manpower: Volume 27 Issue 7

Economic performance and unemployment: evidence from an emerging economy

Hakan Berument, Nukhet Dogan, Aysıt Tansel

This article seeks to examine whether or not various macroeconomic policy shocks have different effects on overall unemployment and the unemployment by different levels of…

US physician board certification and labor market returns

Patrick L. O'Halloran, David J. Bashaw

This paper aims to determine the characteristics of board certification among US physicians and to test whether accounting for the expected gains to certification alters the…

Does one size fit all?: A study of the psychological contract in the UK working population

Carol Atkinson, Peter Cuthbert

This paper sets out to investigate the effect of position in the organisational hierarchy on an employee's psychological contract.

Participation in voluntary training activities in the Canadian banking industry: Do gender and managerial status matter?

Stéphane Renaud, Lucie Morin, Julie Cloutier

This study seeks to investigate whether gender and managerial status act as significant correlates of participation in voluntary training.

The relationship between HRM, technology innovation and performance in China

Yuan Li, Yongbin Zhao, Yi Liu

Human resource management (HRM) is seen as crucial for innovation and firm performance in China. This paper aims to carry out an empirical research to investigate the effects of…