International Journal of Manpower: Volume 39 Issue 5

Size of training firms – the role of firms, luck, and ability in young workers’ careers

Steffen Müller, Renate Neubaeumer

The purpose of this paper is to analyze how long-run unemployment of former apprentices depends on the size of their training firm and their ability.

High commitment human resource practices and employee behavior: a multi-level analysis

Jungmin Nam, Hwansoo Lee

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between high commitment human resource practices (HCHRPs), conceptualized at the workplace level and employees’ attitudes…

Women’s access to supervisory jobs and gender inequality

Miguel Angel Ropero

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effects on the gender wage gap of women’s access to supervisory jobs within each establishment in the Spanish labor market. Previous…

Overeducation and the gender pay gap in Italy

Carolina Castagnetti, Luisa Rosti, Marina Töpfer

The purpose of this paper is to highlight the pivotal role of overeducation in explaining the unexplained part of the gender pay gap (GPG), i.e. the component usually attributed…

Relative supervisor education and worker well-being

Benjamin Artz

Less educated supervisors create worker status incongruence, a violation of social norms that signals advancement uncertainty and job ambiguity for workers, and leads to negative…

Career stages and occupations impacts on workers motivations

Henrique Duarte, Diniz Lopes

The career concept has become fuzzier due to changing work patterns, the ageing workforce and the environmental changes occurring during workers lifespans. Together this requires…