International Journal of Manpower: Volume 37 Issue 8

Does transformational, ambidextrous, transactional leadership promote employee creativity? Mediating effects of empowerment and promotion focus

Feng-Cheng Tung

The purpose of this paper is to investigate transformational, ambidextrous, and transactional leadership and their relationship to employee creativity and the extent to which…

Added worker effect during the Great Recession: evidence from Italy

Emanuela Ghignoni, Alina Verashchagina

The purpose of this paper is to check the existence of the added worker effect (AWE) in Italy during the Great Recession.

Foreign owners and perceived job insecurity: evidence from linked employer-employee data

Verena Dill, Uwe Jirjahn

The purpose of this paper is to examine the link between foreign ownership and perceived job insecurity. It takes into account that the link can depend on circumstances and type…

Education and occupational outcomes: evidence from Brazil

Geraint Johnes, Ricardo Freguglia, Gisele Spricigo, Aradhna Aggarwal

The purpose of this paper is to examine the dynamic relationship between policies related to educational provision and both educational participation and occupational outcomes in…

Effects of transformational leadership on turnover intentions in IT SMEs

Swati Mittal

The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of transformational leadership (TL) on building trust and hence, its influence on the commitment level of the employees to…

Leader-member exchange differentiation and team member performance: The moderating role of the perception of organisational politics

Ling Yuan, Shiying Xiao, Jian Li, Chen Chen, Lutao Ning

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between leader-member exchange (LMX) differentiation and team members’ job performance. The conceptual model developed in…

Mutually agreed termination, job destruction and dismissals: An empirical analysis based on French firm data (2006-2009)

Camille Signoretto

The purpose of this paper is to study the implementation of a new open-ended contract termination in 2008 in France, called the rupture conventionnelle (RC), which is a mutually…