This special issue of the International Journal of Manpower examines the potentials and challenges of Internet data or ""Big Data"" for research in the social sciences with a special focus on human resources issues. Internet data are increasingly representing a large part of everyday life. The...

The 88th Applied Economics Asociation Conference was organized with the specific aim of stimulating discussion on the "Econometrics of Labor Demand". Various sessions have in particular focused in HRM and Job Performance Incentives. The collection of papers in this e-book, originally presented...

In this ebooks technology ionnovation and HRM are reported through various areas of research which provide systematic evidence for the three integrated HR strategies for organizational effectiveness and competitive advantage

This paper focuses on the debates about globalisation - its nature and impact - and the significance of multinational companies in the global economy. Introduces the special issue of the International Journal of Manpower, based on selected papers presented at the 7th Conference on International...

Purpose – This paper aims to provide a brief overview of the global financial crisis (GFC), highlighting its most frightening dimensions, the policy responses and issues around the management of labour during and post-GFC. Further, this paper introduces the five research papers that encompass...

Purpose – This paper aims to provide a brief overview of the global financial crisis (GFC), highlighting its most frightening dimensions, the policy responses and issues around the management of labour during and post-GFC. Further, this paper introduces the five research papers that encompass...

Purpose – This paper aims to provide a brief overview of the global financial crisis (GFC), highlighting its most frightening dimensions, the policy responses and issues around the management of labour during and post‐GFC. Further, this paper introduces the five research papers that...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to estimate the return to multiple language usage in the workplace. Design/methodology/approach – This article aims to estimate the effect that using an additional language at work has on earnings for a sample of workers in the European Community...