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Variation in career and workplace attitudes by generation, gender, and culture differences in career perceptions in the United States and China

Yi, Xiang; Ribbens, Barbara; Fu, Linna; Cheng, Weibo - In: Employee Relations 37 (2015) 1, pp. 66-82

questionnaires were administered to employees and managers in China, whereas in the USA, faculty, staff and students at a Midwestern … and generations in the USA and China. Most benefit will occur for US based multinational companies that have Chinese …

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Collective Bargaining under Pressure: A Canada‐US Comparison

Adams, Roy J. - In: Employee Relations 12 (1990) 2, pp. 33-39

Similarities and differences between Canadian and US labour relations systems are explored. In the US, employers have, with government indulgence, retreated from their commitment to collective bargaining, whereas Canadian employers, under government pressure, have generally continued to respect...

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Union avoidance and foreign direct investment in the USA

Cooke, William N. - In: Employee Relations 23 (2001) 6, pp. 558-580

The USA is not only the largest foreign direct investor country in the world, it is also host to the largest inflow of … USA. Also lacking in the literature is any analysis of the extent to which foreign‐owned affiliates have engaged in union … avoidance in the USA as part of their investment and human resource management/labor relations strategies. This study first …

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Going beyond hiring, firing and compensation

In: Human Resource Management International Digest 10 (2002) 1, pp. 4-6

In today’s highly competitive business environment, all functions in an organization are increasingly expected to justify their existence by the contribution they make to that organization’s competitive advantage. This is especially true for administrative functions: traditional perceptions...

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Transforming Boeing: the knowledge to take flight

In: Human Resource Management International Digest 11 (2003) 6, pp. 29-31

How often have individuals vowed to change their ways, stop, reflect and start over? Large corporations too often face the starker situation of evolve or die – few can do so. Boeing has proved itself one of the global leaders in knowledge management. Given the pressures and increasing strains...

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Why do truck drivers speed away from the company?

In: Human Resource Management International Digest 11 (2003) 7, pp. 32-33

Around half of drivers with US trucking firms leave their jobs within three months of starting work. With employment in the US trucking industry increasing much faster than the country’s total employment growth, and despite a recent slowdown of the US economy, why are companies finding it so...

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