International Journal of Manpower: Volume 42 Issue 7

Environmental-specific servant leadership as a strategic tool to accomplish environmental performance: a case of China

Ahmad Siddiquei, Fahad Asmi, Muhammad Ali Asadullah, Farhan Mir

The Chinese firms are keenly focused on reducing their environmental footprints as part of the competitive strategy. Within the context of sustainable organizations in China, we…

Inhibiting unethical pro-organizational behavior: harnessing the effects of responsible leadership and leader–member exchange

Aneeq Inam, Jo Ann Ho, Siew Imm Ng, Rosmah Mohamed

Leadership styles appear to influence unethical pro-organizational behavior (UPB), but there has been little empirical research on employees' ethical behavior as an outcome of…

Non-academic employment and matching satisfaction among PhD graduates with high intersectoral mobility potential

Vincenzo Alfano, Giuseppe Gaeta, Mauro Pinto

This paper contributes to the empirical analysis of PhD holders' transition into the non-academic labor market (i.e. their intersectoral mobility). The research focuses on…

Do vacations and parental leave reduce voluntary turnover? A study of organizations in the ICT sector in Canada

Stéphane Renaud, Sylvie St-Onge, Denis Morin

This study examines the link between vacations, parental leave and voluntary turnover among Canadian organizations in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector.

The real losers during times of economic crisis: evidence of the Korean gender pay gap

Louise Patterson, Vic Benuyenah

The purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding of the employment figures in the labour market after the two Korean financial crises (1997 and 2008), focusing on the…

A cross-level examination of team-directed empowering leadership and subordinates' innovative performance: an AMO theory perspective

Yang Cui, Guilan Yu

In the field of innovation, individual innovative performance also has an important impact on team and organizational innovative performance, thus it is necessary to identify…

Social networking information and pre-employment background check: mediating effects of perceived benefit and organizational branding

Md Sajjad Hosain, Ping Liu, Mohitul Ameen Ahmed Mustafi

The purpose of this empirical paper is to identify the role of social networking information (SNI) on job candidates' pre-employment background checking (PBC) process. SNI was…

Does income shock affect informal employment? Evidence from Russia

Olivia Hye Kim

The purpose of this study is to examine whether participating informality is attributed to income shocks such as wage arrears, unexpected wage cuts or compulsory unpaid leaves…

Gaps in the (paid) work hours of male and female heads of households: empirical evidence from Barbados

Mahalia Jackman, Kishmar Lorde

This study investigates the magnitude and possible determinants of gaps in the (paid) working hours of male and female heads of households.