International Journal of Manpower: Volume 44 Issue 9

Compassion and altruism in organizations: a path for firm survival

Zina Barghouti, Jacob Guinot, Ricardo Chiva

The authors draw on this approach to explore the consequences of compassion and altruism in the workplace for firm performance, using organizational resilience as a mediating…

Explaining job satisfaction through the use of work–familybenefits and their impact on the employee’s family context

Liliana María Gutiérrez Vargas, Joaquin Alegre, Susana Pasamar

This study analyses the relationship between the use of work–family benefits and job satisfaction (JS). Furthermore, it proposes that work-to-family conflict (WFC) and…

Education as a partial remedy for the economic pressure of population ageing

Ema Kelin, Tanja Istenič, Jože Sambt

Population ageing will bring economic challenges in the future. The purpose of this paper is to examine whether increased educational level could mitigate the consequences of…

Wage returns to job tasks and personality traits in Germany

Daniela Rohrbach-Schmidt, Caroline Wehner, Sabine Krueger, Christian Ebner

This article aims to examine whether specific job tasks measured at the individual level or personality traits are associated with wages and whether the relationship between…

Employers' perception of downsides to flexible staffing arrangements: exploring the role of strategic motives

Lin Rouvroye, Hendrik P. van Dalen, Kène Henkens, Joop J. Schippers

Flexible staffing arrangements have become a permanent feature of employment in many industrial societies. This article examines how employers perceive the consequences of using…

Care, labour force participation and health: the case of Italy

Chiara Mussida, Raffaella Patimo

This paper investigates the relationship between health and labour market participation considering the potential role played by the presence of children and elderly persons…

Overeducation and childcare time

Aleksander Kucel, Montserrat Vilalta-Bufí

Research shows that parental employment and education status affect the amount of parental childcare time, which is a fundamental determinant of children's outcomes. In this…

Measuring female discrimination through language: a novel indicator and its effect on production efficiency in Italy

Massimiliano Agovino, Michele Bevilacqua, Massimiliano Cerciello

While the economic literature mostly tackled discrimination looking at labour costs, this work focuses on its relation to labour productivity, arguing that discrimination may…

Skill demand and labour market concentration: evidence from Italian vacancies

Emilio Colombo, Alberto Marcato

The authors provide a novel interpretation of the relationship between skill demand and labour market concentration based on the training rationale.

Do (gendered) ageism and ethnic minorities explain workplace bullying?

Krista Jaakson, Mariya Dedova

This study aims to answer two research questions: first, to what extent can workplace bullying be explained by ageism? And second, does the likelihood of workplace bullying…

Senior citizens' intrinsic and extrinsic work motivation

Dominique Anxo, Thomas Ericson

It is important to understand why some workers prolong their working life even though they are entitled to statutory pension benefits. This paper aims to investigate whether…

Effects of educational mismatch on wages across industry and occupations: sectoral comparison

Elena Lasso-Dela-Vega, José Luis Sánchez-Ollero, Alejandro García-Pozo

This study conducts a comparative analysis of the impact of educational mismatch on Spanish wages. This paper aims to focus on the industrial, construction and service sectors at…