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Employee involvement: opening the diversity Pandora’s Box?

Shapiro, Gillian - In: Personnel Review 29 (2000) 3, pp. 304-323

Recent studies have found that initiatives relying on the participation and development of employees, such as TQM, can struggle if different kinds of employees are not involved equally. For instance, part‐time workers, administrative or shift staff often receive less training and communication...

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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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Downsizing, delayering ‐ but where’s the commitment?

Thornhill, Adrian; Saunders, Mark N.K.; Stead, Jo - In: Personnel Review 26 (1997) 1/2, pp. 81-98

Considers the pursuit of high quality, flexibility and employee commitment alongside significant downsizing and … to address issues which the workforce believes are important, suggesting that this should help organizations to engender … to respond to these issues and their effects. Highlights the importance of developing the strategy to rebuild survivors …

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Continuity and Change in European Industrial Relations: Evidence from a 14‐country Survey

Gunnigle, Patrick; Brewster, Chris; Morley, Michael - In: Personnel Review 23 (1994) 3, pp. 4-20

Using data from the Price Waterhouse Cranfield Project, investigates a umber of key aspects of industrial relations at organization level as a means of evaluating the nature of change in industrial relations. Examines levels of trade union membership in organizations across Europe; the extent and...

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Continuing Professional Development: Perspectives from Human Resource Professionals

Jones, Norman; Fear, Nicola - In: Personnel Review 23 (1994) 8, pp. 49-60

Explores several important issues associated with continuing professional development (CPD). Notes the importance of ensuring that CPD is driven by the needs of the business, and also considers the issue of whether CPD should be compulsory or voluntary. Presents the results of a survey targeted...

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EAPs and Their Future in the UK

Reddy, Michael - In: Personnel Review 23 (1994) 7, pp. 60-78

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The nature and experience of agency working in Britain

Forde, Chris; Slater, Gary - In: Personnel Review 35 (2006) 2, pp. 141-157

Purpose – To examine the experience of agency employment for workers and employers' use of agency workers in Britain to evaluate competing claims made about this form of work. Design/methodology/approach – This paper draws on results from three recent representative surveys of employment in...

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