Labour ‘flexibility’ is often portrayed as important to competitive success. Using evidence from an original survey of UK firms, this paper investigates the relationships between firms' use of, on the one hand, various flexible work practices, human resource management techniques, and...

Mentoring has received considerable coverage in recent decades and this is evident by the proliferation of research and popular literature available to the reader. It has been hailed as an important human resource management strategy, a career tool, and a workplace learning activity for men,...

Purpose: The aim of the paper is to explore some issues regarding the career development of men and women retail managers and provide an overview of the main issues these present for retailers in the future.Methodology/approach: The research utilised combination of quantitative and qualitative...

Over the past forty years women have made significant advancements in the labor force through the elimination of gender barriers and increases in earnings potential and human capital accumulation. In this paper I attempt to analyze how the relationship between fertility timing and the career...

Women are a significant presence in today's workforce; however, few rise to the top management ranks. Therefore, there is a critical need to better understand the factors that facilitate their success. This study examined several variables that may contribute to women's objective (income, span of...

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the implementation of an internally created performance appraisal system as well as the subjects' overall satisfaction with the implementation. The system was implemented at a major technology consulting firm in the US. The subjects...

University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. October 2011. Major:Psychology. Advisor: Dr. Jo-Ida Hansen. 1 computer file (PDF); x, 127 pages, appendix A.

The new world of work requires managers to be performance coaches. Traditionally, coaching was viewed as one of the lesser responsibilities of a manager. With more emphasis being placed on the leadership role of managers, there has been a shift in the role of managers from controller to...

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A number of practitioner surveys across a range of industries have cited the lack ofsenior female role models as a barrier to career progression. There is very littleacademic literature to explain this at a senior organizational level. An initial review ofthe extant role model literature led to...