Downsizing has become a daily news phenomenon. This study provides a literature synthesis on the impact of downsizing on the "victims" and the "survivors", and shares the experiences of three large Canadian companies who had gone through the process.

Research determining the effectiveness of performance appraisal programs has concentrated on evaluating how well PA programs have met several quantitativel psychometric criteria. Typically, performance ratings have been examined in terms of their reliability, discriminability and/or accuracy....

The question of growing professionalism among resource excutives (hereafter HREs) and its implications to their overall conduct, is the focal point for this study.

The first part of this paper provides an overview of global HRM. Emphasis has been placed on examining some of the similatities and differences between international and domestic HRM. It is evident that operating in a global evironment is more complex that operating in a single country or single...

This paper provides an overview of the methods and procedures for evaluating HR functions, activities and departments and discusses in more details the emerging approach and entitled : Stakeholder Approach.