This research investigated employees' psychological dispositions of positive affect, negative affect, and cynicism as potential influences upon their perceptions of psychological contract fulfillment or violation. Leader-member exchange (LMX) was hypothesized to serve as a partial mediator of...

The significance of cultural factors in the international economic environment has recently increased thanks to economic, political and social aspects. The role of cultural elements has been emphasized by a wide range of studies, both from the theoretical as well as the empirical point of view....

New elements in the working groups, such as learning ability, innovative behavior and psychological capital appear as new pillars in the panorama of the theory of resources and capabilities of the firm. This research focuses on the study of the relationship between the performance of the Working...

One of the most important prerequisites for effective leadership is powerful communication. This has been observed throughout all of human history, and examples of powerful communication may be found even in one of the oldest documents of record, the Hebrew Bible. This paper examined a small...

What strategies might firms employ to promote worker loyalty? Using data collected from over 10,880 employees in 650 workplaces in six culturally and economically diverse former socialist countries, we empirically assess the nature and scope of generational differences in the link between...

The problem of job hopping has been researched upon by a number of researchers in diverse fields. In the different sectors, which contribute to form a major chunk of a country's GDP, and, claims to provide employment to a major part of the workforce, it is pertinent, therefore, to analyze the...

Using data from a large cross-section of British establishments, we ask how different firm characteristics are associated with the predicted benefits to organizational performance from using team production. To compute the predicted benefits from using team production, we estimate structural...

This paper summarizes the findings of HRM practices over the past decade and supplements them with the results of a recent survey of 200 CEOs of domestic industrial companies and CEOs of several Russian manufacturing subsidiaries of MNCs. We identify the resilient archetype of the Russian HRM...

The importance of knowledge and skills in meeting new challenges in production and distribution is particularly evident in today's market, which is characterized by a saturation of products and strong competition. To be successful in the market, companies must stand out and be creative and...