Discusses the adequacy of contemporary HRM practices in light of the changes brought about by globalization and a hyper-competitive global market. Briefly traces the historical development of personnel management and HRM, considers the forces driving change and then look at contemporary...

Provides a review of relevant approaches to formulating effective policies to promote women's entrepreneur development. Following the identification of three paradigms of medium and small scale entrerprise development (the neo-liberal market pardigm, feminist empowerment, and interventionist...

Global processes of trade and finance are shaping employment structures and relationships, wages and working conditions, opportunities for women and men, and their participation in paid work. This paper focuses on two aspects of these global processes: first, global supply chains and production...

Assesses the gender-differentiated impact of globalization in the past and the recent financial crisis on employment in the modern formal sector. Provides an economic assessment of the possible future of the formal labour market and suggests various policy options required for the adjustment...

Examines the implications of global sourcing practices on the competitiveness of small firms, particularly those operating in clusters.

Comprises five papers which explore how economic integration processes are affecting workers in the Caribbean region, focusing on the effects of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy. Examines labour laws implemented to minimise the negative effects of globalization and trade liberalization on...

Reviews proposals to address the leadership gap and to enhance the role of non-State actors in reforming economic and social governance. Comments on a project for the proliferation of networked governance.