Drug screening and employee assistance programs (EAPs) are human resource management practices for addressing substance abuse among employees. The two practices reflect different human resource management strategies and lead to different outcomes for employees and applicants. Drug screening is...

This study investigates the influence of employee involvement (El) program membership on attitudes towards an organization, its management, and the union during organizational downsizing. Respondents were 147 union members who had been notified of their discharge from a large manufacturer. El...

Organizational researchers have long recognized the need for top managers to diagnose, respond to, and even anticipate economic, political, and cultural events that have actual or potential effects on organizations. The key difference between tradition conceptions of human resource management...

This article examines the role of firm characteristics, work force characteristics, location and employee benefits practices on employee turnover. Most research on turnover has been conducted at the individual or job-level of analysis, examining the cognitive processes that precede a jobholder's...

The role of Chief Operations Officer is clearly important. In fact, it has been argued that the number two position is the toughest job in a company. COOs are typically the key individuals responsible for the delivery of results on a day-to-day, quarter-to-quarter basis. They play a critical...

Your Career Game demonstrates how game theory can help readers to understand and proactively take charge of their career strategy. Authors Nathan Bennett and Stephen A. Miles teach readers to manage the interdependencies and interconnectedness among coworkers, managers, and others in a manner...

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Your Career as a Game -- Chapter 2. Understanding Fundamental Game Theory Concepts -- Chapter 3. What You Need to Know to Play -- Chapter 4. Moves in the Career Game -- Chapter 5. As You Move On: Building the Foundation for Your...