One of the main characteristics of market economies is market competition where companies have to deliver and achieve the best possible results amid continuous challenges. It is always worth learning from the best performers. The voestalpine Group is a market leader steel producing company and a...

Strategic Human Resource management is recognised as one area through which companies may sustain competitive advantage. The goal of this research is to gain an insight into the extent to which Human Resource (HR) acts as a strategic partner in Mauritian leading organisations.This study, which...

Scientific research on employees during pre-implementation phases of human resource information systems (HRIS) is difficult for a number of reasons. First, the constraints of practitioner research in terms of sample sizes, compliance factors and difficulties with obtaining control or comparison...

My dissertation focuses on employers' strategies to manage the workplace through the use of alternative employment contracts. It consists of three empirical studies. The first study qualitatively explores managers' interpretations of temporary employment contracts. The findings suggest that the...

The entry of women into the professional world has, without a doubt, changed the dynamics of the workplace over the past few decades. That observation still holds true today and becomes more prevalent with the changing face of the labor market in terms of diversity. However, in spite of that...

The purposes for this study are: 1) To examine the influence of the management style of restaurant affiliation (chain and independent restaurants) on the relationships between organization citizenship behavior and three factors: a. part-time employee’s perceived supervisor support, b....

With the increasing globalization of the hospitality industry, expatriate assignments have become a necessary undertaken. There is a competitive advantage to be gained through expatriate managers who can operate firms effectively. Most international hotel corporations still employ expatriates to...

Using an experimental research design, this study investigates the influence of customer perceptions of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on customer attitudes (loyalty, trust and commitment) and behavioral intentions (patronage intentions, switching intentions and word of mouth). Focusing...

"Present study deals with training and development strategies in IT service industry in Kolkata region. This study highlighted present trends and common practices in training and development activities in specific, and in human resources management in general. InfoTech sector is a thrust area of...

The human resources department of a financial institution implemented a multi-component intervention to replace a paper-based hiring system. Organization-wide impacts included changes in the background check operations. To support changes, training was conducted and procedure manuals...