International Journal of Manpower: Volume 45 Issue 10

Are there differences in the perceived advantages and disadvantages of teleworking? The identification of distinct classes of teleworkers

Vicente Peñarroja

Previous research has focused on the outcomes of telework, investigating the advantages and disadvantages of teleworking for employees. However, these investigations do not…

Labour market segmentation and the gender wage gap in Spain

Fernando Núñez Hernández, Carlos Usabiaga, Pablo Álvarez de Toledo

The purpose of this study is to analyse the gender wage gap (GWG) in Spain adopting a labour market segmentation approach. Once we obtain the different labour segments (or…

Are intensified job demands positive challenges for employees? Associations with work engagement in different occupational samples

Saija Mauno, Taru Feldt, Mari Herttalampi, Jaana Minkkinen

Intensified job demands (IJDs; work intensification, intensified job- and career-related planning and decision-making demands, and intensified learning demands) illustrate the…

How curiosity affects contextual performance: an emotional daily dynamics perspective

Ana Junça Silva, António Caetano

This research relied on the broaden-and-build (B&B) theory to explore emotional predictors for curiosity-related differences in daily engagement and contextual performance. We…

Analysis of the factors determining educational mismatches: evidence from the Catalonian employment insertion surveys

Pau Cortadas-Guasch

The existence of mismatches between training and jobs is relatively common and is accentuated in times of crisis where unemployment is growing. The negative effects that this…

Does greater filial piety bring more gender income advantages? Exploring the influence of traditional Chinese filial piety on the gender wage gap

Xiaoman Li, Xinxin Yang, Qi Zheng

Based on traditional Chinese filial piety, this article examines the impacts and mechanisms of the two-dimensional filial piety concept “Qinqin – Zunzun” on gender wages in China…

Is employment protection legislation a driver or an inhibitor of entrepreneurship? The interaction between stringency and enforcement

Emilio Congregado, Ana Rodriguez-Santiago, Concepción Román

This study aims to revisit the relationship between the stringency of employment protection legislation and entrepreneurship at the macro-level using time series data from 28 OECD…

Fixed-term contracts and firm productivity: Do workers’ skills and firm conversion rates from fixed-term to permanent contracts matter?

Ngoc Hân Nguyen, Wendy Smits, Mark Vancauteren

We aim to elucidate the relationship between fixed-term employment and firm productivity by examining workers’ skills and considering how firm-level conversion rates influence…