International Journal of Manpower: Volume 9 Issue 1

MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSITION: THE GULF EXPERIENCE

Ibrahim S.J. Alhashemi

Introduction It is not always easy to define or distinguish with precision the difference between Management Education, Management Training and Management Development because each…

LABOUR TURNOVER IN UK MANUFACTURING 1949–86

Edmund H. Bradley, J. Stuart Wabe

Introduction The level of turnover in UK manufacturing, measured as the percentage of both leavers and starters over a four‐week period, was first collected in August 1948. Since…

THE OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY OF UNEMPLOYED LABOUR

Geraint Johnes

Introduction Much concern has been expressed in recent years about the long‐run trend of unemployment in the UK. Abstracting from short‐run cyclical swings, the trend has been…

SOURCES OF GROWTH OF FEMALE EMPLOYMENT IN GREECE 1971–1981: A SHIFT SHARE ANALYSIS

Athena Petraki Kottis

Introduction Despite large increases in the employment of women in most Western European countries, women's employment in Greece grew at a relatively low rate during the period…

AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF MANPOWER PLANNING IN HONG KONG

Robert G. Graham, Tuan Chyau

Introduction It has been said that “the human resource is probably the last great cost that is relatively unmanaged”. Since this article was written in 1982, we are aware of the…

THE IDEOLOGICAL AND POLITICAL WORK — MOTIVATION APPROACHES TO MANAGEMENT IN CHINA

Chen Wenya

Introduction The problem tackled in this article is that of encouraging people to have good ideas and good behaviour so that they can work better. In this respect the application…