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Managing People and Organisations in Africa
Kamoche, Ken - 2015
Management and organisation literature often characterises managing in Africa as 'the challenge of' and rarely do scholars look to the continent for novel ideas, inspiration, best practice, or theoretical insights. Yet, in the last five years or so, the African organisational landscape has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012679142
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Getting inside the black box
Mansour, Nizar; Gara, Emna; Gaha, Chiha - In: Personnel Review 43 (2014) 4, pp. 490-514
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore, and eventually unlocking, the “black box” problem by addressing the potential mediating role of human capital and organizational commitment in the relationship between high performance work systems (HPWS) and perceived firm performance in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014975234
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Global HRM: aspects of a research agenda
Brewster, Chris; Suutari, Vesa - In: Personnel Review 34 (2005) 1, pp. 5-21
Purpose – This paper introduces this special issue. Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines some of the key themes in global human resource management. Findings – By reviewing, briefly, the existing literature in these areas, the paper outlines a limited but crucial research...
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HRM practices and MNC knowledge transfer
Minbaeva, Dana B. - In: Personnel Review 34 (2005) 1, pp. 125-144
) practices on knowledge transfer within multinational corporations. Design/methodology/approach – It is suggested that the … employment of human resource practices, which affect absorptive capacity of knowledge receivers and support organizational … learning environment, is positively related to the degree of knowledge transfer to the subsidiary. Moreover, the higher degree …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014973900
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Knowledge workers, managers, and contingent employment relationships
Redpath, Lindsay; Hurst, Deborah; Devine, Kay - In: Personnel Review 38 (2008) 1, pp. 74-89
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to compare knowledge employees' perceptions of contingent work with their … both contingent knowledge workers and their managers are reported. The study sample consists of 32 contingent knowledge … this study indicate that differences exist between contingent knowledge workers and their managers with how contingent work …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014974085
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Smart Talent Management: Building Knowledge Assets for Competitive Advantage
Collings, David - In: Personnel Review 39 (2010) 3, pp. 397-399
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014974148
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Studying the effect of HRM practices on the knowledge management process
Jimenez‐Jimenez, Daniel; Sanz‐Valle, Raquel - In: Personnel Review 42 (2012) 1, pp. 28-49
Purpose – This paper aims to study the effect of HRM practices on the knowledge management process, focusing on HRM … practices both in isolation and forming a knowledge‐oriented HR system. Design/methodology/approach – After reviewing the … relevant literature, the paper empirically analyzes the relationship between knowledge‐oriented HR practices and the processes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014974262
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Strategic human asset management: evidence from North America
Ananthram, Subramaniam; Nankervis, Alan; Chan, Christopher - In: Personnel Review 42 (2013) 3, pp. 281-299
involves strategic agility and knowledge management. Design/methodology/approach – The research was based on semi … knowledge management within the context of US and Canadian multinational firms.  …
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Is there more than one way to manage human resources in companies?
Melián‐González, Santiago; Verano‐Tacoronte, Domingo - In: Personnel Review 35 (2006) 1, pp. 29-50
Purpose – Most works on human resource (HR) practices assume that companies use them in the same way for the entire workforce. The objective of this work is to check whether the application of HR practices varies within organizations. To be specific, HR practices can vary depending on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014973938
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Testing universalistic and contingency HRM assumptions across job levels
Clinton, Michael; Guest, David E. - In: Personnel Review 42 (2013) 5, pp. 529-551
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the broad debate regarding universalistic and contingency perspectives of human resource management (HRM). Design/methodology/approach – Building on recent evidence of HRM differentiation within organisations, the present article...
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