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...

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?...

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....

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...

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...

Innovation ist von zentraler Bedeutung für Entwicklung und Wirtschaftswachstum. Innovation findet in einem institutionellen Rahmen statt. Auktionen und auktionsähnliche Mechanismen sind Institutionen. Sie organisieren Transaktionen zwischen ökonomischen Agenten. Auktionen enthüllen private...

Der 5. Band der Schriftenreihe "Wirtschaft, Recht, Bildung" versucht mit dem Dreiklang "Kapital - Kompetenz - Konflikte" den drei Disziplinen des Oldenburger Forschungsnetzwerks an der Carl von Ossietzky Universität mit einem zentralen Schlagwort zu begegnen. Er hat es den wissenschaftlichen...

Qualitätsmanagement und verwandte Ansätze (am bekanntesten: Total Quality Management (TQM)) verbreiten sich immer mehr im Bereich der Dienstleistungen, sowohl im privaten, wie neuerdings unter dem Begriff des "New Public Managements" (NPM) auch im öffentlichen Sektor. In der hier...