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.

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.

This article explores theoretical explanations of managers' decisions about flexible benefit plans. We (1) examine the adoption and design of flexible benefit plans through four theoretic lenses: institutional, resource dependence, agency, and transaction costs; (2) integrate the relevant...