Purpose The purpose of this paper is to enhance the theoretical and empirical understanding of the process through which talent management (TM) practice effectiveness impacts high-potential employees’ commitment to leadership competence development. Design/methodology/approach Structural...

The transition from school to work: a European perspectiveIn general, a person's employment and educational biographies do not alwaysrun smoothly and in only one direction. Interruptions often occur, or theindividual may begin to move in different or new directions

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between employee share ownership (ESO) and employer-provided training. To be more specific, as both ESO and involvement practices can contribute to developing human capital, the paper addresses the question of whether they are...

Purpose – The paper aims to explain specific actions managers could take to improve support for the learning of staff and increase staff satisfaction with workplace learning. Design/methodology/approach – The paper shows the data gathered from 464 employees in 31 small manufacturing firms...

Purpose – This extended editorial to the Special Issue “Are we having fun yet? A consideration of workplace fun and engagement” aims to review the current debates on organised “fun at work” and to suggest a framework for understanding workplace fun and employee engagement. The papers...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to extend research on fun in the workplace by focussing on its relationship with job embeddedness among Millennials. This research examined the influence of four dimensions of fun, including fun activities, manager support for fun, coworker socializing,...

The concepts of mutuality, learning and change are embedded in the ideas surrounding employee led development (ELD) schemes. This paper explores the extent to which these concepts are an accurate reflection of the way such schemes are organised in practice. The article is based on qualitative...

Considers management views on the operation of quality management (QM) strategies in two service sector organizations, financial services and hotel and catering – based on open‐ended interviews with managerial staff. Considers some of the soft/HRM aspects of quality management. Finds that...

Presents summary findings from qualitative and quantitative research with six major British companies. The original intention was to look at the potential contribution of employee commitment to high quality performance, the difficulties of achieving that commitment and the relationship of the...