's Business Structure Database (BSD), with data on management practices collected in face-to-face interviews from the HR Managers …, little is known about the role played by management practices in SME growth since recession. We contribute to the literature …-the-job training is the only management practice that is robustly and significantly associated with higher employment growth, increased …

We examine the impact of management practices on firm performance among SMEs in Britain over the period 2011 …-2014, using a unique dataset which links survey data on management practices with firm performance data from the UK's official … business register. We find that SMEs are less likely to use formal management practices than larger firms, but that such …

, management and economics. I suggest that, while employers may choose to invest in employee engagement, there are alternative … management strategies that may be profit-maximising. I identify four elements of employee engagement – job 'flow', autonomous … between human resource management (HRM) intensity and various employee job attitudes. I also find the intensity of HRM use and …

A long-running debate in the small firms' literature questions the value of formal 'human resource management' (HRM … characterizes 'high performance work systems' (HWPS) and 'strategic human resource management' (SHRM). Although the HPWS effect on …