Human resource accounting (HRA) is an attempt to identify, quantify and report investment made in Human resources of an organization that are not presently accounted for under conventional accounting practice. Businesses which require a considerable creativity or are science-based show a...

We estimate the impact of workforce diversity on productivity, wages and productivity-wage gaps (i.e. profits) using detailed Belgian linked employer-employee panel data. Findings, robust to a large set of covariates, specifications and econometric issues, show that educational (age) diversity...

International talent management becomes increasingly important, because companies compete on a global scale for qualified employees. Finding highly educated talent, however, is difficult, especially in the Asia-Pacific region. This research investigates the work expectations of Chinese (N=404),...

In der psychologischen Vertragsforschung wird davon ausgegangen, dass der psychologische Vertrag von Arbeitnehmern einem grundlegenden Wandel unterliegt: Ein eher an Langfristigkeit orientierter relationaler psychologischer Vertrag wird zunehmend abgeloest durch einen eher kurzfristorientierten...

Seit etwa einem Jahrzehnt wird von einem Wandel im Taetigkeitsfeld Personalmanagement in Richtung eines zunehmenden strategischen Einflusses in Organisationen gesprochen. Als Berufsfeld ist Personalmanagement jedoch noch empirisch wenig erkundet. Aus humankapitaltheoretischer Sicht sind zur...

Many studies examine issues of work-life conflict of employees. However, in research on work-life conflict little attention has been given to contract workers to date. This is rather surprising as there are indications that the specific working conditions of contract workers can have...

The aim of this article is to clarify the ontology of knowledge, and to point out methodological implications hereof for action research aimed at action researchers’ and practitioners’ co-creation of knowledge. The article is motivated by the observation that action research literature tends...

Banks worldwide are looking for new and creative ways to operate and achieve competitive advantages under the global recession conditions. The recession effects have forced the banks to look into more effective utilisation of internal resources and their potential. Human resources are recognised...

El término Flexiguridad comenzó a utilizarse en Dinamarca en los primeros años de la década de los 90, cuando su desempleo alcanzó el máximo histórico del 13,8% (386.186 personas) en enero de 1994. La Flexiguridad en Dinamarca descansa sobre tres pilares: la flexibilidad del mercado...