Abstract In dem Beitrag soll auf die Veränderungen und Herausforderungen eines sich wandelnden Arbeitsmarktes eingegangen werden. Zunächst wird der Blick auf Beschäftigungsformen gerichtet, die nicht dem klassischen Normalarbeitsverhältnis entsprechen. Im Anschluss wird, nach einer...

Zusammenfassung Die Bedeutung von Transaktionskosten für die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung war in den letzten Jahrzehnten Gegenstand zahlreicher ökonomischer Forschungsansätze. Nur ein sehr kleiner Teil davon wählte eine empirische Herangehensweise. Dieser Aufsatz beginnt mit einem kurzen...

This paper, using Hong Kong as a test case, challenges one conventional theory and confirms another one in law and finance study: (i) legal families in relation to stock market development; (ii) transplant effect of foreign laws. Economists, most notably La Porta and colleagues, allege that...

Abstract The construction industry is one of the riskiest industries with a large number of deaths and injuries every year. Large amounts of money are spent annually on workers’ compensation. Thus, it is important to investigate the factors which affect accident compensation in the eyes of...

This study examined the effectiveness of the Triple P‐Positive Parenting Program in a government child health service delivery context with Chinese parents in Hong Kong. Specifically, the study sought to identify pre‐intervention variables that might predict programme outcomes such as level...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate changes in the relative importance to individuals of particular work values during the deterioration of external economic conditions. Design/methodology/approach – The paper employed longitudinal field survey techniques, comparing the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the nature and scope of corporate public reporting of human resource management (HRM) practices in selected Hong Kong companies, to identify the extent and emphasis in the reporting systems. Design/methodology/approach – Content analysis was...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the mediating role of occupational safety and health (OSH) on the relationship between high performance human resource practices (HPHRP) and organizational performance. Design/methodology/approach – The authors collected data from 227 human...

With a focus on the purchasing behaviour of parents buying luxury brands of infant apparel, this paper considers the concepts of buying roles, conspicuous consumption/social consumption motivation, and materialism. A survey of 134 mothers who had purchased luxury brands of clothing for their...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a study that compares ownership and usage of new media among young “tween” consumers in Denmark and Hong Kong. Further, it shows the ways of finding new interesting web sites. Design/methodology/approach – In 2004‐2005 a survey was...