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The impact of HR practices, HR effectiveness and a 'strong HR system' on organisational outcomes: a stakeholder perspective
Guest, D.; Conway, N. - 2011
This paper explores the general hypothesis that effectiveness of human resource (HR) practices will help to explain the well-documented association between human resource management and performance. This paper adopts a stakeholder perspective, hypothesising that the ratings of HR effectiveness...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476316
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HR business partner competency models: re-contextualising effectiveness
Caldwell, Raymond - 2008
The rise of 'HR business partnering' over the last decade has led to an enormous growth in HR competency models. Competencies are believed to provide a mechanism for reinventing traditional HR roles and improving the effectiveness of HR professionals as business partners. But are they effective?...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476319
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Organizational support, individual attributes, and the practice of career self-management behavior
Sturges, J.; Conway, Neil; Liefooghe, Andreas - 2010
This article reports the findings of a study, conducted in a UK new media company, that investigated direct and interactive relationships between perceived organizational support (POS), leader—member exchange (LMX), gender, locus of control, and practice of career self-management behaviors....
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Metrics: HRM's holy grail? a New Zealand case study
Tootell, B.; Blackler, M.; Toulson, P.; Dewe, P. - 2009
What gets measured in business is noticed and acted on. The importance of human resource management (HRM) to be noticed as a vital key to business success has been argued profusely by the HRM profession over the last three decades. While the importance of human resource (HR) measurement is not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476321
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Do consensus meetings undermine the validity of assessment centres?
Dewberry, Chris; Jordan, Deborah - 2006
In this study the effects of latent-informal processes operating in assessment centre consensus meetings is investigated with a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods. Non-participative observation is carried out in several consensus meetings, and auditory recordings made in three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476327
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Impact of Tangible or Intangible incentives on job satisfaction among workers
Ali, Syeda Ayat-e-Zainab; Afridi, Maryam; Shafi, Marrium; … - 2016
Incentives either tangible or intangible are the most important or convenient resources that became the basis of workers satisfaction with their jobs. The study attempts to explore the relationship between tangible or intangible incentives and job satisfaction among workers. To achieve the...
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Enablers and impediments to IT adoption in business relationships: Evidence from Australia and Finland
Cripps, Helen; Salo, Jari; Standing, Craig - 2009
solutions in the context of business relationships by drawing on case studies conducted in both Australia and Finland in the … manufacturing industry in Finland and in the marine defence (shipbuilding) industry in Australia. Findings – The findings indicate … the most significant impediments to IT adoption in heavy manufacturing in Australia and Finland. Research limitations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009440777
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Agricultural policy analysis in Finland with the AGMEMOD model: Lessons to be learnt?
Niemi, Jyrki S.; Kettunen, Lauri - 2011
(CAP) on the agri-food sector in Finland. To meet the objective, aneconometric model for Finnish agriculture - built as a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443749
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Ten Years After - Welfare Effects of the Application of the CAP in Austria, Finland and Sweden
Niemi, Jyrki S.; Fahlbeck, Erik; Hofreither, Markus F. - 2005
Ten years ago, Austria, Finland, and Sweden joined the EU. The application of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP … of accession to the EU on the agricultural markets in Austria, Finland and Sweden in a simple supply and demand framework … welfare effects are calculated for eight major cereal and livestock commodities produced in Austria, Finland, and Sweden by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443858