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Getting personal in personnel recruitment

Mathews, Brian P.; Redman, Tom - In: Employee Relations 18 (1996) 1, pp. 68-78

Observes that the use of personal characteristics in job advertisements is discouraged within the prescriptive literature. Examines the extent to which advertisers for personnel specialists apply them in practice, and the range of characteristics put to use. Findings show that 80 per cent of...

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The Insider‐Outsider Dichotomy in Personnel Management

Leopold, John W.; Beaumont, P.B. - In: Employee Relations 6 (1984) 5, pp. 6-11

The authors discuss the typology of personnel officers in the National Health Service. On the basis of a survey of Scottish Health Boards they conclude that NHS personnel officers are “insiders” rather than “outsiders” bringing their specialist skills from elsewhere.

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Management and Professional Employees in Large Scale Organisations: An Australian Study

Lansbury, Russell D.; Quince, Annabelle - In: Employee Relations 10 (1988) 5, pp. 2-55

managers and professionals as a percentage of the labour force; particular characteristics which are emerging; education levels … and qualifications; the process governing the movement of managers within the labour market; the effect of recent … legislation on remuneration systems; and the degree of union membership among managers. …

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Skills utilisation in Scotland: exploring the views of managers and employees

Grant, Kirsteen; Maxwell, Gillian; Ogden, Susan - In: Employee Relations 36 (2014) 5, pp. 458-479

utilisation in organisations in Scotland. Design/methodology/approach – Questionnaires to managers and employees, plus three case … jobs, with employees opining more than managers that employees’ skills exceed the requirements of their job. Also, for … managers and employees alike, the meaning of skills utilisation is obscure despite the language of skills being widely used in …

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Selecting international business managers effectively

In: Human Resource Management International Digest 15 (2007) 3, pp. 33-35

managers as well as a list of core competencies employers should rely on to optimize success. Practical implications – Provides …

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Pharmaceutical company blends learning for global general managers

In: Human Resource Management International Digest 20 (2012) 1, pp. 21-24

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe a blended‐learning approach to global general manager (GM) development at an international pharmaceutical company. Design/methodology/approach – The reasons for the training are explained, the form it takes and the results it has achieved....

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