Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the notion of attractive workplaces in the specific context of creative professional employment. Design/methodology/approach – Based on observations and interview data at knowledge‐based firms in the UK, the paper looks at the extent to...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the development and work experiences of an occupational grouping – massage therapy – and to examine the employment experiences of members of this profession, including their relationship with a newly formed professional body....

Research on organisational learning is limited in three ways; in terms of the type of organisation and the type of employees which are seen to benefit from a learning culture; and in terms of the consensual assumptions made about the nature of learning within the workplace, assumptions which...

Purpose – This paper aims to examine the practice of teamwork in an under‐researched, yet growing industrial setting. Design/methodology/approach – Longitudinal ethnographic‐styled methods of data collection were used and data was examined using the Team Dimensions Model. Findings –...

Purpose – This paper aims to examine the impact of perceived cultural differences in forging identity in virtual teams. Whilst there has been a great deal of research on team identification, little has been written about the influences of the virtual context on this process....

Purpose – This editorial seeks to explore changes in both teamwork and developments in teamwork research over the last decade. Design/methodology/approach – The editorial review importantly focuses on the key debates that emerge from the papers covered in this special issue. Findings – A...

Suggests a way in which the psychological contract can be reconceptualized as a construct with multiple foci. Presents an argument for examining psychological contracts with importance placed on work groups. Concludes that previous conceptualizations of the psychological contract have...