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From task‐based to competency‐based
Eric Soderquist, Klas; Papalexandris, Alexandros; … - In: Personnel Review 39 (2010) 3, pp. 325-346
Purpose – Organizational effectiveness today depends largely on the ability to activate, share and transform the intellectual capital of the company into sustainable and difficult‐to‐imitate competitive advantage. This paper seeks to develop a competency typology that integrates previous...
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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...
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Union presence, employee relations and high performance work practices
Gill, Carol; Meyer, Denny - In: Personnel Review 42 (2013) 5, pp. 508-528
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between unions, employee relations and the adoption of high performance work practices (HPWP). Design/methodology/approach – This study uses survey data collected from the senior members of the human resource management...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014975550
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The moderating effect of organizational slack on the relation between perceptions of support for innovation and organizational climate
Ruiz‐Moreno, Antonia; García‐Morales, Víctor J.; … - In: Personnel Review 37 (2008) 5, pp. 509-525
organizational climate and perceptions of support for innovation to obtain sustainable competitive advantages. Design … climate, perceptions of support for innovation and organizational slack. Building on previous research, a series of hypotheses … are formulated on the influence of the dimensions of organizational climate on perceptions of support for innovation and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014974070
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The times they are a‐changing: who will stay and who will go in a downsizing organization?
Cross, Bernadette; Travaglione, Anthony - In: Personnel Review 33 (2004) 3, pp. 275-290
Human resource management has entertained the rise of downsizing as a strategy for producing visible improvements to … organizations. However, the history of downsizing has failed to consistently provide the anticipated benefits. This study postulates …. The study explored 234 employees from a major Australian transport company, 141 who remained after the downsizing, and 93 …
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Downsizing: is it always lean and mean?
Kinnie, Nicholas; Hutchinson, Sue; Purcell, John - In: Personnel Review 27 (1998) 4, pp. 296-311
Discusses how downsizing has been associated with the move towards lean working in organisations and with having … negative consequences for employees. Considers the extent to which downsizing is lean and mean drawing on an extensive review … of the available literature. Concludes that downsizing is rarely lean since it usually takes the form of quantitative …
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The occurrence of demotions regarding job level, salary and job authority
Verheyen, Tanja; Deschacht, Nick; Guerry, Marie-Anne - In: Personnel Review 45 (2016) 6, pp. 1217-1239
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine the occurrence of job level, salary and job authority demotions in the workplace through the analysis of Belgian Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (SILC)-data of 2007-2011. Design/methodology/approach Three hypotheses are tested: H1 :...
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Employers' motives behind outplacement activities
Alewell, Dorothea; Hauff, Sven - In: Personnel Review 42 (2013) 4, pp. 466-487
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the determinants of employers' motives behind outplacement activities, the relationship between these motives, and the specific activities of firms in outplacement. Design/methodology/approach – Theoretical assumptions were tested on a sample...
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The management paradox
De Cuyper, Nele; De Witte, Hans - In: Personnel Review 40 (2011) 2, pp. 152-172
Purpose – This paper aims to investigate associations between self‐rated employability (SRE) and affective organizational commitment and performance to probe the so‐called management paradox, namely the idea that SRE relates to performance, but also to reduced commitment. SRE concerns the...
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