This paper addresses the problem of skills mismatch for the 16-24 age cohort in Spain. Our research objective is to survey managers of companies that operate in Spain and reveal their perception of the mismatch phenomenon. We hypothesize that "cherry-picking" the most talented workers and...

The tension that multinational companies (MNCs) suffer in the transfer of their HR policies and practices leads us to take an in-depth look at the factors that affect this transfer. We divide the transfer process into five phases, ranging from the configuration of HR policies and practices in...

En este documento se lleva a cabo un estudio de tipo cuantitativo, con el objetivo de conocer, a través de la percepción de sus altos directivos, los distintos aspectos y factores que conforman la reputación del CEO, y analizar las diferencias que existen entre los diferentes sectores. El...

Determinar los factores que motivan al directivo es un tema ampliamente estudiado por la bibliografía. El planteamiento de este proyecto se basa en la teoría sobre las expectativas de Vroom (desarrollado por Porter y Lawyer, y el desarrollo de la teoría sobre la motivación humana de Juan A....

Women continue to be under-represented in senior positions. The disparity is widest at the very top, where only 3% of companies have a woman directing their highest decision-making bodies (Iversen and Frances, 2010). In this paper, we present a "best practice" implemented by public agents as key...

This paper concerns the work attitude drivers within the current scenario taking into account two different factors of influence, the culture and the generation of each individual. To belong to a given generation can affects individuals work attitudes as well as to belong to a given culture. The...

El control de la eficiencia de las prácticas de RRHH ha recibido una atención escasa en la literatura académica. En este trabajo hemos contrastado cuál es el nivel de aplicación de las teorías acerca de la cuantificación de los efectos de las políticas de RRHH. Hemos desarrollado una...

Adopting a process view, we explore the personnel (HRM) implications of new forms of organizing (NFOs). We review the characteristics of NFOs and explain how they require a renewed HRM approach. We illustrate the HRM approach with preliminary results from a European comparative study, and...

Research into countries' business patterns -a very relevant subject in today's world- would not be complete without a suitable framework to sustain it. This paper aims to provide academics and managers with a useful tool in the form of a model for analysing the distinctive features of a...

Este documento de investigación aborda el papel de los recursos humanos en el desarrollo de Nuevas Formas Organizativas (NFO). Por medio de un caso longitudinal se analizan los cambios estructurales y organizativos que tuvieron lugar en Fremap, empresa líder dentro del sector español de las...