International Journal of Manpower: Volume 42 Issue 3

Life satisfaction of employees, labour market tightness and matching efficiency

Pablo de Pedraza, Martin Guzi, Kea Tijdens

Di Tella et al. (2001) show that temporary fluctuations in life satisfaction (LS) are correlated with macroeconomic circumstances such as gross domestic product, unemployment and…

Mediating effects of person–environment fit on the relationship between high-performance human resource practices and firm performance

Nishant Uppal

Drawing on the interactionist approach and interest alignment theory, this study aims to examine the mediating effects of three dimensions of person environment fit  

Labour supply dynamics at the extensive and intensive margins of the UK men and women

Lixin Cai

The purpose of this study is to enhance understanding labour supply dynamics of the UK workers by examining whether and to what extent there is state dependence in the labour…

An empirical study on expatriation success of MNCs: evidence from Japan

Yanghua Zhou

The purpose of this study is to address the research gap and quantitatively examine how the psychological contracts (PCs) between Japanese expatriates and Japanese multinational…

Employee turnover intentions and job performance from a planned change: the effects of an organizational learning culture and job satisfaction

Chun-Yu Lin, Chung-Kai Huang

In the face of a changing and turbulent environment, an organizational learning culture (OLC) is crucial for the long-term operation of an organization. A learning culture…

Working from home, job satisfaction and work–life balance – robust or heterogeneous links?

Lutz Bellmann, Olaf Hübler

It is analyzed whether working from home improves or impairs the job satisfaction and the work–life balance and under which conditions.

Stuck at a crossroads? The duration of the Italian school-to-work transition

Francesco Pastore, Claudio Quintano, Antonella Rocca

There is a long period from completing studies to finding a permanent or temporary (but at least satisfactory) job in all European countries, especially in Mediterranean…

Intellectual structure of multigenerational workforce and contextualizing work values across generations: a multistage analysis

Vibhav Singh, Surabhi Verma, Sushil Chaurasia

This study attempts to understand the research clusters and thematic evolution of the topic generational diversity at workplace, over the period of 2001–2009 and 2010–2018…

Congruence in perceived overqualification of team members and organizational identification

Fulei Chu

Drawing on the equity theory and self-categorization theory, the authors examine the congruence effect of perceived self-overqualification and perceived coworker-overqualification…

Personal growth initiative: the effects of person–organization fit, work empowerment and authentic leadership

Baek-Kyoo (Brian) Joo, Sohee Park, Suhyung Lee

Because of the changing psychological contract between employers and employees over time, the primary responsibility for career development has shifted from organizations to…