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On transplanting human resource practices to China

Paul Huo, Y.; Von Glinow, Mary Ann - In: International Journal of Manpower 16 (1995) 9, pp. 3-15

) practices – beyond what is a accounted for by political or economic structures – by comparing the USA with one of its major … trading partners, Taiwan and with the People′s Republic of China (PRC), a country with which the USA has had a rather …

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Exercise in the workplace? Employee preferences

Waikar, Avinash M.; Bradshaw, Martha E. - In: International Journal of Manpower 16 (1995) 9, pp. 16-30

Discusses musculoskeletal stress as a result of sedentary work, which has been and still is a problem in workplaces. Simple, quick exercises may be a low‐cost solution to this problem. Provides an account of an investigation, the aim of which was to determine employees′ preference about and...

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Managing workforce diversity: macro and micro level HR implications of network analysis

Stephenson, Karen; Lewin, David - In: International Journal of Manpower 17 (1996) 4/5, pp. 168-196

Public policy which controls and seeks to correct employment discrimination is now in its fourth decade in the USA …

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Employment equity, affirmative action and managing diversity: assessing the differences

Agócs, Carol; Burr, Catherine - In: International Journal of Manpower 17 (1996) 4/5, pp. 30-45

Affirmative action in the USA, and employment equity in Canada, are policy frameworks that have developed through the …

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The perceived impact of team‐based management systems on organizational effectiveness

Elmuti, Dean - In: International Journal of Manpower 17 (1996) 8, pp. 4-17

of settings throughout the USA. Uses a validated instrument on organizational effectiveness to gather data. Presents …

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What motivates employees according to over 40 years of motivation surveys

Wiley, Carolyn - In: International Journal of Manpower 18 (1997) 3, pp. 263-280

selected “good wages” as the top motivator. A good wage is an extrinsic reward with intrinsic potency. On the surface “good … wages” seem to be purely extrinsic. Yet, at a deeper level, monetary rewards communicate what the company values and affect …

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The occupational wage structure in local labour markets

Hyclak, Thomas; Ohn, Jonathan - In: International Journal of Manpower 18 (1997) 8, pp. 651-661

Examines changes in the responsiveness of occupational wages to occupational unemployment rate in Atlanta, Cleveland …

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Language ability, US labor market experience and the earnings of immigrants

Bellante, Don; Kogut, Carl A. - In: International Journal of Manpower 19 (1998) 5, pp. 319-330

This study examines the effect of English language ability and time spent in the USA on the earnings of immigrants … each year spent in the USA. Relative earnings are positively and significantly affected by English language mastery, but … the affects of language mastery and years spent in the USA do not appear to significantly reinforce each other. …

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Assessing the perceptions of human resource managers toward nepotism

Abdalla, Hagen F.; Maghrabi, Ahmed S.; Raggad, Bel G. - In: International Journal of Manpower 19 (1998) 8, pp. 554-570

developed country (the USA) and one less‐developed country (Jordan) toward arguments supporting nepotism. It also identifies …

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Exploring “bullying” culture in the para‐military organisation

Archer, David - In: International Journal of Manpower 20 (1999) 1/2, pp. 94-105

the Fire Service, conducted using fire brigades of similar background from the UK, the USA and Eire. It discovered …

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