The transition from a Socialist approach to a free market approach and the rise of a new high‐tech sector are two remarkable shifts that have occurred in the last two decades in Israel. In the face of these changes, human resource (HR) practitioners are currently expected to assume new roles,...

Trends in UK human resource management (HRM) are shaped by its cost‐driven and competitiveness‐enhancing nature. The drive for leaner organisations has led to increased use of labour flexibility, downsizing and outsourcing, whilst rewards have become more performance related and benchmarking...

The main objective of the present study was to examine the relationship between work values, gender, and organizational commitment. Research on the relationship between work values, in general, and commitment, in particular, has not identified clear trends. As recent work has shown that gender...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to empirically explore the relationship between value dimensions and creativity, particularly between the intrinsic and extrinsic value approaches and creativity values. Design/methodology/approach – The paper adopts an explanatory approach. After...

Proposes to discuss some of the social and cultural consequences of the Structural Adjustment Programme in Argentina in 1990. The general assumption is that changes in economic policies provoke cultural changes which will on the other hand affect the possibilities of economic development. The...

The main objective of the present study was to examine the relationship between work values and commitment. Suggests at the first stage a systematic definition of the work values domain based on two content facets: modality of outcome and system‐performance contingency. Based on this...

This study reports the changing perceptions of work goals in a transitional society. Mongolia embraced market ideology in the decade of the 1990s after 70 years as a centrally planned economic system. This study of 208 managers points to interesting directions for many similar countries in...

This study suggests that while gender differences in work values exist (as measured by task‐oriented, contextual and job involvement scales), the magnitude and significance of the observed differences between men and women decrease as occupation and length of socialisation are partialled out.