International Journal of Manpower: Volume 36 Issue 5

Unemployment in Africa: How appropriate is the global definition and measurement for policy purpose

William Baah-Boateng

The purpose of this paper is to establish the concept of unemployment defined by the International Labour Organisation appears to be too narrow within the context of many African…

The impact of work hours discrepancy on employee absence

Jing Wang, Frank Reid

– The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of the discrepancy between actual and desired weekly hours of work on employee absence.

Employment effects of union-bargained minimum wages: Evidence from Sweden’s retail sector

Per Skedinger

– The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of collectively agreed increases in minimum wages for manual workers on employment transitions and hours.

Occupational segregation and the gender earnings gap in China: devils in the details

Lin Xiu, Morley Gunderson

– The purpose of this paper is to analyze the gender earnings gap in China with a focus on the role of differences in the occupational distribution of males and females.

Educational mismatch and unemployment scarring

Patrizia Ordine, Giuseppe Rose

– The purpose of this paper is to investigate educational mismatch and its interrelationships with unemployment duration.

The effects of education and allocentrism on organizational commitment in Chinese companies: A multi-level analysis

Shuhong Wang, Steven D Caldwell, Xiang Yi

As Chinese companies move to the world stage of business, they must leverage a more knowledgeable and collaborative workforce to meet new challenges. The purpose of this paper is…

Impact of high-performance work systems on job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and intention to quit in Canadian organizations

Bruno Fabi, Richard Lacoursière, Louis Raymond

The purpose of this paper is to increase the understanding of the influence of high-performance work systems (HPWS) upon job satisfaction (JS), organizational commitment (OC) and…