International Journal of Manpower: Volume 41 Issue 4

Climate for innovation and employee creativity: An information processing perspective

Jieqiong Liu, Yanfei Wang, Yu Zhu

This study proposes a moderated mediation model that examines the roles that openness to change and psychological capital (PsyCap) may play in the relationship between climate for…

Does collective bargaining influence the way the size of the firm impacts wage dispersion? Spanish evidence

Juan Francisco Canal Domínguez, César Rodríguez Gutiérrez

This paper analyses the relationship between wage dispersion and firm size within a “two-tier” system of collective bargaining (firm bargaining and multi-employer bargaining…

How does trade openness affect female labours?

Jing-Ping Li, Zheng-Zheng Li, Ran Tao, Chi Wei Su

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the non-linear threshold effects between trade openness and female labours to participate in the labour markets.

Examining the role of key competences in firm performance

Bruno Škrinjarić, Polona Domadenik

Industry 4.0 processes brought dramatic changes in skills and competences needed at the firm level. The purpose of this paper is: to identify and quantify key competences required…

The practices of performance management and low performers in the US Federal Government

Hyung-Woo Lee, Dong-Young Rhee

Addressing low performers has been an important issue for government. The purpose of this paper is to examine what practices of performance management are effective in reducing…

Thinking of mergers and acquisitions? Think of justice: a people perspective

Anjali Bansal

Achieving a highly satisfied and committed workforce, during post-merger integration (PMI), has made employees’ perceived organizational justice a vital construct in the mergers…

Natives’ skills and attitudes towards immigrants: evidence from 20 OECD countries

Seong Hee Kim

The purpose of this paper is to examine whether natives’ attitudes toward immigration is associated with an influx of high- and low-skilled immigrants. The current research…

Assessing employers’ satisfaction with Indian engineering graduates using expectancy-disconfirmation theory

Saitab Sinha, I.M. Jawahar, Piyali Ghosh, Ashutosh Mishra

Casting employers as customers, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the association between expectations, perceptions and disconfirmation beliefs with the satisfaction of…