International Journal of Manpower: Volume 39 Issue 2

Long-term scarring effect of neither working nor studying

Fredrik W. Andersson, Susanne Gullberg Brännstrom, Roger Mörtvik

It is increasingly important to study labour market outcomes for people who are not in employment, education, or training (NEET). Where most studies focus solely on young people…

Endogamy and income in native couples: the case of Finland

Camilla Härtull, Jan Saarela

The purpose of this paper is to study two native and equal population groups, Finnish speakers and Swedish speakers in Finland, to examine whether there is income variation across…

Job embeddedness and employee enactment of innovation-related work behaviours

Alan Coetzer, Chutarat Inma, Paul Poisat, Janice Redmond, Craig Standing

In a highly competitive globalised environment, the innovation behaviour of employees plays a key role in the economic viability and competitive advantage of organisations. In…

Workers’ compensation insurance prices: evidence from Portugal

Maria Teresa Medeiros Garcia, Joana Teresa Silva Cortegano

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the determinants of workers’ compensation insurance prices in Portugal.

Managers’ retention decisions regarding young intermediate-level educated employees

Corine Buers, Kasia Karpinska, Joop Schippers

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the opportunities in the labour market for young employees with intermediate-level education by studying which young employees are most…

State dependence of labour force participation of married Australian women: Is there heterogeneity?

Lixin Cai

The purpose of this paper is to enhance the understanding of labour force participation behaviour of married Australian women, with a focus on identifying the sources of observed…

The impact of HR outsourcing and strategic HR integration on the HR-to-employee ratio: An empirical evaluation of the HR function over the last decade

Klaas Szierbowski-Seibel, Ruediger Kabst

Two simultaneous trends have arisen in the field of HRM: the development of the human resource (HR) function toward a more strategic, value adding unit and the trend of HR…

Labor markets, academic performance and school dropout risk: evidence for Spain

Juan Guio, Álvaro Choi, Josep-Oriol Escardíbul

The purpose of this paper is to provide a better understanding of the links between labor market conditions and academic performance by disentangling the effects of unemployment…

Testing the mediation effect of person-organisation fit on the relationship between talent management and talented employees’ attitudes

James Kwame Mensah, Justice Nyigmah Bawole

Previous studies suggested that talent management (TM) is positively related to employee work attitudes. However, a few studies have examined the mechanisms through which TM leads…

The role of non-formal lifelong learning at different points in the business cycle

Helena Corrales-Herrero, Beatriz Rodríguez-Prado

Despite the widely recognised importance of lifelong learning, there are mixed results on its causal economic impact. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how economic…