International Journal of Manpower: Volume 8 Issue 5

The Case for Labour Subsidies in the Greek Economy: A Synthesis

Bobby E. Apostolakis

The synchronous failure of conventional policies to achieve “acceptable” levels of employment, growth and price stability has provoked scepticism and led researchers to build up a…

Automation and Employment Adjustment: A Japanese Case Study

Yuko Arayama, Panos Mourdoukoutas

As automation spreads around the world, there is a broad spectrum of scenarios regarding the changes it brings in the productive forces and relations of an economy. Some of these…

The Need for a National Maternity Policy in the USA

Djehane Hosni, Uma Gupta

In the age of working mothers, the human resources base of society cannot go unprotected. An established labour market trend indicates the prompt return of female workers to their…

Work Patterns for the 1990s — The Impact of the Information Technology Revolution

Clive F. Nash

Possibly the most important influence for work patterns in the 1990s is what has become known as information technology. This technology has developed through the electronics…

The Influence of Job Satisfaction on Social Workers' Relationships with Clients

Y. Meller, D. Macarov

The gradual shift from industrial to service economies which has been characteristic of all the western democracies for at least the last century has not been reflected in…