International Journal of Manpower: Volume 45 Issue 8

Is it possible to broaden women's inclusive rights by improving their participation in the labor market? A new perspective at the global level

Amjad Naveed, Nisar Ahmad, Aribah Aslam, Misbah Tanveer Choudhry, Hania Bekdash-Muellers

The objectives of this study are twofold: (1) to investigate whether the increase in FLFP enriches women's inclusive rights (economic, social, and political), (2) whether the…

Exploitative training versus explorative training: the effect of strategic human capital investment on organizational performance

Xiaoning Song, Jiangyan Li, Xue Xia

Notwithstanding its significance as a form of strategic human capital investment, employee training has not yielded consistent conclusions among scholars regarding its impact on…

Flexing to outperform: workforce differentiation, HR flexibility and firm performance

Paula Apascaritei, Marta M. Elvira, María Rodríguez-García

Resource orchestration theory proposes that firms need resources, capabilities, and horizontal and vertical alignment to achieve high performance. Thus, we investigate which…

Workplace accidents, economic determinants and underreporting: an empirical analysis in Italy

Maria Alessandra Antonelli, Angelo Castaldo, Marco Forti, Alessia Marrocco, Andrea Salustri

This paper proposes an analysis of occupational accidents in Italy at the regional level. For this purpose, our panel is composed of 20 regions over the 2010–2019 time span.

The informational effect of pay for individual performance on intrinsic motivation

Cristiana Rodrigues Vilaça, Teresa Proença, Mauro Carozzo-Todaro

This research aims to test the role of the informational effect (IE) on the relationship between pay for individual performance (PFIP) and intrinsic motivation (IM). Special…

Flexicurity and employment inflows in the EU28 countries: a panel data analysis

Marina Ferent-Pipas

This paper examines the relationship between flexicurity and employment inflows in the EU28 countries over the 2007–2019 period. Flexicurity is defined as the mix of flexible…

How middle-skilled workers adjust to immigration: the role of occupational skill specificity

Damiano Pregaldini, Uschi Backes-Gellner

Our study explores the effects of immigration on the employment of native middle-skilled workers, focusing on how this effect varies with the specificity of their occupational…

The persistence of labour market states in Australia

Lixin Cai, Kostas Mavromaras

The study investigates persistence of individuals' labour market activity with a focus on examining whether and to what extent there is genuine state dependence in six labour…

Intent to stay of Chinese agency workers in the information technology outsourcing industry

Xiwei Zhang, Xiaoyan Liang, Qijie Xiao

The literature on information technology outsourcing (ITO) prioritises monetary considerations and overlooks human aspects. This qualitative study adopts a contextualised approach…