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The changing world of the temporary worker: the potential HR impact of legislation

Biggs, David; Burchell, Brendan; Millmore, Mike - In: Personnel Review 35 (2006) 2, pp. 191-206

Purpose – Temporary workers have many human resource and labour market implications. These consequences are further influenced with the introduction of new legislation relating to temporary workers. The purpose of this article is to present research on the impacts of the legislation – Fixed...

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Investors in People in small firms

Ram, Monder - In: Personnel Review 29 (2000) 1, pp. 69-91

Investors in People (IIP), the heavily promoted government initiative to enhance organisations’ training and … workplace relations. The IIP agenda of formalising training and development does not appear to sit easily with these processes …; and appears to neglect the significance of informal training. Moreover, the requirements go against the grain of the …

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Senior managers’ perceptions of the competencies they require for effective performance: implications for training and development

Hayes, John; Rose‐Quirie, Alison; Allinson, Christopher W. - In: Personnel Review 29 (2000) 1, pp. 92-105

This study investigates whether there is a set of universal senior management competencies in the context of one large multi‐site service organisation. Four distinct work environments are identified and different lists of competencies are perceived to be important by managers working at the...

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“Winners” training and its troubles

Stein, Mark - In: Personnel Review 29 (2000) 4, pp. 445-459

The concept of “winners” has become a popular motif in the design of training programmes, especially in the area of … customer service. This paper examines the case of one such training programme at “CapitalAirport”, with the purpose of …

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A review of transfer of training studies in the past decade

Cheng, Eddie W.L.; Ho, Danny C.K. - In: Personnel Review 30 (2001) 1, pp. 102-118

employees learned from training programmes back to their jobs. A conceptual framework is developed for this article to better … highlights that some individual, motivational and environmental factors are related to transfer of training. Second, some … outcomes. Some new individual (e.g. achievement striving), motivational (e.g. trainee‐control‐over‐training) and environmental …

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IIP and SMEs: awareness, benefits and barriers

Smith, Alison Jane; Boocock, Grahame; Loan‐Clarke, John; … - In: Personnel Review 31 (2002) 1, pp. 62-85

) in the Midlands. The paper describes IIP, then considers the significance of SMEs and the impact of training and … Training and Enterprise Councils in promoting IIP to SMEs also comes under scrutiny, and our study has lessons for the …

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An examination of the accuracy of slogans related to assessment centres

Lievens, Filip - In: Personnel Review 31 (2002) 1, pp. 86-102

To diffuse new management fads or to promote existing management practices slogans are often used. In this study eight slogans regarding assessment centres were retrieved from brochures of consultancy agencies and were compared to empirical research. These slogans were that assessment centres...

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Strategic human resource management in western multinationals in China

Braun, Werner H.; Warner, Malcolm - In: Personnel Review 31 (2002) 5, pp. 553-579

In the past two decades, the way enterprises in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) manage their human resources has changed dramatically. Multinational enterprises (MNEs) have entered into the “strategic investor” phase, where now the integration of PRC operations into the MNE network...

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Perceived importance as a mediator of the relationship between training assignment and training motivation

Tsai, Wei‐Chi; Tai, Wei‐Tao - In: Personnel Review 32 (2003) 2, pp. 151-163

In this study, we examined whether employees’ perceived importance of the training program would be one variable that … mediates the relationship between training assignment and training motivation. Data were collected from 184 employees belonging … to 18 banks who attended government‐sponsored training programs in Northern Taiwan. Participants were asked to complete …

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Cross‐cultural training to facilitate expatriate adjustment: it works!

Waxin, Marie‐France; Panaccio, Alexandra - In: Personnel Review 34 (2005) 1, pp. 51-67

Purpose – The paper examines what are the effects of the different types of cross‐cultural training (CCT) on …

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