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Gender-specific human capital: identification and quantifying its wage effects
Tverdostup, Maryna; Paas, Tiiu - In: International Journal of Manpower 38 (2017) 6, pp. 854-874
and gender-specific combination of human capital characteristics. Wage returns to gender-specific profiles are evaluated … observable gaps in male and female characteristics, the authors identify the gender-specific human capital profiles, to a large …Purpose The purpose of this paper is to better understand the possible reasons behind gender pay disparities, focussing …
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Work-life balance under challenging financial and economic conditions
Pasamar, Susana; Cabrera, Ramón Valle - In: International Journal of Manpower 34 (2013) November, pp. 961-961
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse perceptions of institutional pressures on employers to improve the work-life balance in challenging environments with difficult financial and economic conditions and to classify organisations according to these perceptions....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010741424
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Work-life balance under challenging financial and economic conditions
Pasamar, Susana; Cabrera, Ramón Valle - In: International Journal of Manpower 34 (2013) November, pp. 961-961
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse perceptions of institutional pressures on employers to improve the work-life balance in challenging environments with difficult financial and economic conditions and to classify organisations according to these perceptions....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010711263
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From employment to exclusion
Falter, Jean‐Marc; Flückiger, Yves; Silber, Jacques - In: International Journal of Manpower 19 (1998) 6, pp. 424-437
This study attempts to analyze the various factors which may have led an individual living in 1995 and 1996 in the canton of Geneva, Switzerland, from regular employment to reliance on social welfare via a stage where unemployment benefits are received and another one where the individual may...
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Exploring Managers′ Jobs
Fox, Patrick - In: International Journal of Manpower 12 (1991) 7, pp. 20-30
How a manager′s functional area and hierarchical level affect the roles required by managers in their jobs is examined. The 131 managers in the sample completed a matrix of 20 tasks and 28 qualities required in their jobs. A disjoint clustering technique was used to analyse the data – this...
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Wage policy models: what implications for vulnerable employees?
Sgobbi, Francesca - In: International Journal of Manpower 36 (2015) 6, pp. 912-930
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of the employer’s wage policy on the wage dynamics of vulnerable groups of employees at large firms, including younger employees, employees on fixed-term contracts, and employees who take parental leave. Design/methodology/approach...
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Great Recession impact on European labor markets integration: cluster analyses
Syed Zwick, Helene; Syed, Sarfaraz Ali Shah - In: International Journal of Manpower 38 (2017) 7, pp. 1016-1035
profiles and integration process in the European Union (EU26) and in the 12 historical Eurozone countries. Design … the European Union and Eurozone labor market profiles, but it also assesses its impact on their integration process. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014784293
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Work-life balance under challenging financial and economic conditions
Pasamar, Susana; Valle Cabrera, Ramón - In: International Journal of Manpower 34 (2013) 8, pp. 961-974
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse perceptions of institutional pressures on employers to improve the work-life balance in challenging environments with difficult financial and economic conditions and to classify organisations according to these perceptions....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014784574
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Internal social networks in work teams: structure, knowledge sharing and performance
Henttonen, Kaisa; Janhonen, Minna; Johanson, Jan-Erik - In: International Journal of Manpower 34 (2013) September, pp. 616-616
-network relationships affect its performance. More specifically, it concerns the type of work-group-internal connectedness in instrumental … and expressive networks that is associated with enhanced team performance, and whether knowledge mediates these effects … in nature. Findings – Both dense and fragmented instrumental-network structures affect work-team performance. However …
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Work organization, performance and health: introduction
Citoni, Guido; Mahy, Benoît; Rycx, François - In: International Journal of Manpower 33 (2012) March, pp. 224-232
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce this special issue on work organization, performance and health … (essentially defined in terms of payment methods, teamwork, workforce age structure and labour contracts) on performance (measured …’ health by gender, with particular attention to working conditions and mobbing. Originality/value – The papers collected in …
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