Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate US lodging properties’ organizational employee‐retention initiatives and practices, and to examine the impact of those initiatives on employee turnover and retention. Design/methodology/approach – Using the Directory of Hotel &...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to compare employee reactions to the use of an online performance appraisal (PA) system to the traditional paper‐and‐pencil (P&P) approach. Design/methodology/approach – A quasi‐experimental study is conducted comparing the reactions of a group of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the social responsibility disclosure (SRD) on the internet by Portuguese companies which are engaged in processes of obtaining or enhancing a good social responsibility reputation and are confident of having a good social performance pertaining...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationships between human resource (HR) policies, management accounting and organisational performance in Canada, Japan and the UK. Design/methodology/approach – A cross case analysis of the observations emerging from each of six case...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to warn against organisations failing to value their intellectual capital in pursuit of elusive outside human resources. Design/methodology/approach – Satirical poem. Findings – Organisations can be better served by valuing and cultivating their...

Purpose – Paternalism in labour relationships is characteristic of Chilean and Latin American firms. Despite its empirical and practical relevance it lacks adequate conceptual elaboration so that it remains an opaque real drive that cannot be managed. This paper seeks to propose some...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how HR can help an organization to meet its business goals. Design/methodology/approach – Reveals that a UK retail‐marketing agency that set up its HR department five years ago now has HR representation on the board of directors. Explores...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe the use of Simone de Beauvoir's feminist existentialist philosophy in an empirical research study concerned with the career choices of women professional accountants. Design/methodology/approach – A theoretical framework, based on de...