International Journal of Manpower: Volume 44 Issue 7

Focus section guest editorial: Methodological advances in HR research

Lin Xiu, Thomas Lange

Intersectionality in HR research: challenges and opportunities

Morley Gunderson

The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on intersectionality and ascertain its potential for application to human resources (HR) research and practice. Particular…

Daily work engagement is a process through which daily micro-events at work influence life satisfaction

Ana Junça Silva, António Caetano, Rita Rueff

Drawing upon the conservation of resources theory, the authors expected that daily micro-events, daily hassles and uplifts at work influenced well-being via work engagement at the…

Bibliometric review on human resources management and big data analytics

Muhammad Ashraf Fauzi, Zetty Ain Kamaruzzaman, Hamirahanim Abdul Rahman

This study aims to provide an in-depth understanding of big data analytics (BDA) in human resource management (HRM). The emergence of digital technology and the availability of…

Optimize your leadership pipeline: leveraging HR analytics for C-suite executive development

Guorong Zhu, Lan Wang, Douglas T. Hall

This paper employs human resources (HR) analytics to investigate the pathways through which high-potential managers ascend to C-suite positions, and how different developmental…

Parental unemployment and adolescents' academic performance

Nick Drydakis

During the Great Recession, the increase in Greece's unemployment rate was the highest in the European Union (EU). However, there exists no multi-variate study which has assessed…

Knowledge-oriented leadership and workers' performance: do individual knowledge management engagement and empowerment matter?

Mehwish Malik, Muhammad Abbas, Hassan Imam

Drawing upon social cognitive theory (SCT), the authors aimed to examine the relationship between supervisors' knowledge-oriented leadership (KOL) style and knowledge workers'…

Re-expatriation inclinations among skilled female self-initiated repatriates in Asia's rapidly emerging markets

Nga Thi Thuy Ho, Pi-Shen Seet, Janice Jones, Hung Trong Hoang

Integrating identity theory and role theory, this study examines the re-expatriation inclinations of highly-skilled professional female self-initiated repatriates (SIRs) in an…

Knowledge transmission in the second part of careers: does formal training matter?

Pierre-Jean Messe, Nathalie Greenan

This paper examines to what extent formal training targeted to workers aged 45 and over could enhance their knowledge transmission activities specifically in changing work…

Employee association in Japanese family and non-family SMEs

Tsukasa Matsuura, Tomohiko Noda

This study aims to investigate the nature of employee associations (EAs) and whether the EAs function as a collective voice similar to enterprise unions in Japanese small- and…