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COVID-19 and human resource management: status, trends and research directions
Leena Sachdeva, Lalatendu Kesari Jena, Gaurav Kumar Badhotiya, K.M. Baharul Islam, Bahaudin Ghulam Mujtaba, Suchitra PalThis study aims to conduct an extensive bibliometric analysis of research across COVID-19 and human resource management (HRM). It captures an exhaustive conceptual understanding…
Radical pluralism, high inflation, and trust in historical context: the continued relevance of Fox in understanding UK public sector strikes
Melanie SimmsThe paper uses key themes from Fox’s writing to reflect on the wave of public sector industrial action that developed in the UK since the early 2020s: specifically the relevance…
Managing workplace bullying and harassment in the Canadian work context: same old, same old
Ruth McKay, Aareni Uruthirapathy, Yulia PankovaCanadian organizations started addressing workplace bullying and harassment in the 1990s. Proactive organizations have written policies, trained managers and employees, created a…
Alan Fox and the managerial “unitary” frame of reference in unionised companies: context, roots, elaboration and international applicability
Dave Lyddon, Xuebing CaoThis study investigates the origins and elaboration of the managerial “unitary” frame of reference associated with Alan Fox, focusing on unionised firms: the industrial relations…
Leading with understanding: cultivating positive relationships between neurotypical leaders and neurodivergent employees
Joanna Maria SzulcNeurodivergent employees have atypical needs that require distinctive leadership approaches. In this study, the specific nature of a relationship between neurodivergent employees…
Unveiling the power of word-of-mouth in pre-recruitment employer branding strategy during COVID-19
Sofia Panagiotidou, Dimitrios Mihail, Anastasia A. KatouThis study, based on signaling theory, examines the pre-recruitment employer branding strategy during the COVID-19 pandemic. It investigates the relationship between spontaneous…
Alan Fox in the shadow of the labour process
Niall CullinaneThe 50th anniversary of Fox's Beyond Contract and Man Mismanagement coincides with another vital contribution to the sociology of work from 1974: Braverman's Labor and Monopoly…
Breaking the inequality reproduction circle in the NHS: the importance of senior management team's actions (SMTA)
Wen Wang, Roger Seifert, Matthew BamberThis study examines potential ways to break the inequality reproduction circle faced by ethnic minority health workers and sustained by key performance indicators (KPIs)-centred…
Before the “fall”: Alan Fox's “intellectual crisis” and early pluralist history and sociology
Peter AckersThis paper presents an historical reconstruction of the radicalisation of Alan Fox, the industrial sociologist and a detailed analysis of his early historical and sociological…
Bridging return to work after diagnosis of chronic disease with social dialogue: a conceptual and analytical framework
Adela Elena Popa, Marta Kahancová, Mehtap AkgüçThis paper makes a conceptual contribution by intersecting two strands of literature (return to work following health issues and industrial relations) to facilitate our…
Fostering social sustainability: unveiling HR’s power in enhancing employee resilience via social exchange and broaden-and-build theories
Garima Malik, Pratibha SinghThis study focusses on the intersection of social sustainability and human resource management (HRM) as a strategy for crisis management. It aims to provide detailed insight by…
HR directors in India: navigating institutional incoherence for HRM stability and change
Tamer K. Darwish, Osama Khassawneh, Muntaser Melhem, Satwinder SinghThis paper aims to explore the strategic and evolving role of human resource management (HRM) directors within the context of underdeveloped institutional arrangements. The study…
The mediating role of employee commitment in the relationship between compensation system and turnover intentions
Nemanja Berber, Dimitrije GašićThe main goal of this study is to determine the role of employee commitment in the relations between the compensation system and turnover intentions of employees in the Republic…
Equal employment opportunity and diversity in restaurant labor: perspectives of restaurant employees and managers in the USA
Faruk Seyitoğlu, Ozan Atsız, Ayşegül AcarThis study was designed to contribute to the extant literature by discovering the perceptions of restaurant employees and managers toward equal opportunities in restaurant labor…
Anticipated chilly climate for women: the development and validation of a measure
Petya Puncheva-Michelotti, Sarah Hudson, Sophie HennekamThis study develops a measure of anticipated chilly climate for women and provides initial evidence of its validity.
Human resource practices and labour process of movie projection in China's rural areas in the digital era
Jingfu Lu, Anlun WanRegarding human resource and labour relations management, academia focuses mainly on cities; however, rural areas are an integral part of China's economic structure. This study…
“Is my voicing up linked to social pain I bear”: examining the correlates of internal whistleblowing
Seep Sethi, Poornima MadanUndertaking the theoretical lens of “The need to belong” theory, the present study intends to explore the aftermath of internal whistleblowing and the behavioral outcomes that…
Institutional constraints to social dialogue in work integration of persons with disabilities: Slovakia and Norway compared
Barbora Holubová, Marta Kahancová, Lucia Kováčová, Lucia Mýtna Kureková, Adam Šumichrast, Steffen TorpStudies on the work integration of persons with disabilities (PwD) and the role of social dialogue therein are scarce. The study examines how the different systems of workers’…
The influence of neurodiversity management on affective commitment and turnover intention: the role of neurodiversity awareness
Muhammad Ali, Mirit K. Grabarski, Marzena BakerIn the wake of labor shortages in the retail industry, there is value in highlighting a business case for employing neurodivergent individuals. Drawing on signaling theory, this…
Industrial relations, the New Right and the praxis of mismanagement
Tony Dobbins, Tony DundonThe purpose of the article is to outline the insights provided by Alan Fox in Man Mismanagement in relation to the rise of the New Right political economy and the spread of…
Firm performance in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic: the role of perceived organizational support during change and work engagement
Kleanthis K. KatsarosBy drawing on the perceived organizational support (POS) theory and the extended job demands-resources model (JD-R model), the aim of this study is to investigate the influence of…
How does COVID-19 affect workplace employee relations in China? Evidence based on a survey of firms from Guangdong province
Zhongwei Sun, Xuchuang Zhang, Xiaofang WuThis study investigates the mediating role of wage and workforce adjustments, along with the moderating influence of collective bargaining system and employees’ localization, in…
The role of social partners in facilitating return to work: a comparative analysis for Belgium and Italy
Ilaria Armaroli, Mehtap AkgüçThis study explores how social partners contribute to the successful return to work (RTW) of individuals affected by chronic diseases, employing the framework of actor-centred…
Changes in the labour market: the perceptions of Romanian employees regarding the use of telework in the post-pandemic period
Mirela Cătălina Türkeş, Aurelia Felicia Stăncioiu, Mihai Cristian Orzan, Mariana Jugănaru, Roxana-Cristina Marinescu, Ion Dănuț JugănaruAlmost four years after the COVID-19 pandemic, the changes in the labour market and legislation, but also in people's lives, do not stop. At the same time, employees' perceptions…
Do you prefer logging in? The relevance of the experience of telework for well-being
Begoña Urien, Amaya Erro-GarcésThe swift and unanticipated integration of telework by European companies due to COVID-19 gave rise to distinct features of telework. These attributes underscore the necessity of…
Pluralism and corporate governance reform
Chris ReesThe article considers the utility of a pluralist perspective in the context of current debates around UK corporate governance reform. Oxford School pluralism advanced both a…
Boundaryless career orientation and Internet professionals' grievance strategies: evidence from China
Xiaojing ZhengThis article aims to examine the role of boundaryless career orientation in influencing Internet professionals' strategies toward workplace problems in China's Internet companies…
Engaging chronically ill employees at work: the relationship between bundles of HR practices, perceived illness discrimination and work engagement
Laura Innocenti, Silvia Profili, Alessia SammarraThis study aims to examine the role that four distinct bundles (developmental, utilisation, maintenance and accommodative) of HRM practices play in enhancing work engagement among…
From hutong to horizon: a study of the transformation of labour NGOs in China
Ao Zhou, Stephen B. BlumenfeldThis study examines the transformation of labour non-governmental organisations (NGOs) operating in Mainland China since the enactment of the 2017 Overseas NGO Management Law…
Coming to work with an illness: the role of high-involvement work systems and individual competence on presenteeism
Md Shamirul Islam, Muslim Amin, Feranita Feranita, Jonathan WintertonThis paper aims to examine the effect of high-involvement work systems (HIWSs) on completing work and avoiding distraction as two dimensions of presenteeism. It also investigates…
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