Research into the "future of work" has become a central concern of scientists, experts and political decision-makers. This special issue addresses this topic and brings together 14 contributions from the fields of business and management. These articles offer new perspectives on the broad...

Objective: This article aims to identify and explore a potential relationship between talent management (TM) practices and performance in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Despite the growing number of publications on talent management, scholars rarely investigate such a link in this...

What do the current digitally skilled graduates look for in a job? This report undertakes an interview study with a set of newly graduating students as well as with their prospective employers in the telecommunications industry to identify the challenges and drivers perceived by both sides in...

This paper presents the problem of workers lay off and loss along with their exit from the organization its key competencies - skills and knowledge. Importance of management of key competencies was described. The paper also presents outplacement as a way to maintain core competencies even during...

Objective – This survey research identifies and describes the current execution of roles and competencies of human resource professionals in Sidoarjo and Pasuruan manufacturing industries. It also examines the significant influence of those competencies on roles of human resource professionals...

The purpose of this research article was to explore the influence of knowledge and skills of human resource on the performance of culinary Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Medan City, Indonesia. Using quantitative research design, data were collected from 120 culinary SMEs located in Medan...

Optimal training decisions require employers to have accurate information about their workers' training needs. However, little is known with regard to the key factors determining the accurate transmission of worker training requirements. Using one of the few linked employer-employee surveys in...

How much do a manager's interpersonal skills with subordinates, what we call people management skills, affect employee outcomes, and are managers rewarded for having such skills? Using personnel data and surveys of employees about their managers at a large, high-tech firm, we show that...

Using the employer-employee matched National Employment Survey of Ireland carried out in 2006, this paper compares the skill gaps as perceived by managers and employees located within the same firm. The paper looks at the main drivers of agreement / disagreement on the perception of skill gaps...

Sorting of high-ability workers is a main source of urban-rural disparities in economic outcomes. Less is known about when such human capital sorting occurs and who it involves. Using data on 15 cohorts of university graduates in Sweden, we demonstrate significant sorting to urban regions on...