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The exit coping response to workplace bullying

D'Cruz, Premilla; Noronha, Ernesto - In: Employee Relations 32 (2010) 2, pp. 102-120

Purpose – This paper aims to describe the role of human resource management (HRM) in targets' coping with workplace bullying. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on a study rooted in van Manen's hermeneutic phenomenology, conducted with agents working in international facing call...

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Bullying and harassment: a case of success?

Pate, Judy; Beaumont, Phillip - In: Employee Relations 32 (2010) 2, pp. 171-183

Purpose – This paper aims to examine an attempt by an organisation to address the significant problem of bullying and harassment. In doing so the paper particularly centres on the question of how the relative success of bullying and harassment policies might be measured....

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HRM in the Hungarian SME sector

Richbell, Suzanne; Szerb, László; Vitai, Zsuzsanna - In: Employee Relations 32 (2010) 3, pp. 262-280

Purpose – This paper aims to provide an original picture of a selection of human resource management (HRM) activities in the micro, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in Hungary and to explore the extent to which these activities can be related to variations in firm size and variations...

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Human resource management under change in the Romanian civil service in an international context

Poor, Jozsef; Plesoianu, George - In: Employee Relations 32 (2010) 3, pp. 281-309

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a number of initiatives which have been spearheaded by the Romanian government in the field of HRM in the civil service. A more specific purpose is to determine the modelling strategy which best reflects the reform programme of HRM in the civil...

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HR directors in UK boardrooms

Caldwell, Raymond - In: Employee Relations 33 (2011) 1, pp. 40-63

Purpose – A place in the boardroom is often considered a necessary if not sufficient condition for HR directors to exercise strategic influence on business decision‐making. The purpose of the paper is to explore the perceived importance of HR boardroom representation, both in a formal and...

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The limits to workplace friendship

D'Cruz, Premilla; Noronha, Ernesto - In: Employee Relations 33 (2011) 3, pp. 269-288

Purpose – This paper seeks to describe bystander behaviour including bystander decisions, actions and outcomes, in the context of workplace bullying. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on a study rooted in van Manen's hermeneutic phenomenology conducted with agents who witnessed...

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Comparative international human resource management (CIHRM) in the light of the Cranet Regional Research Survey in Transitional Economies

Poor, Jozsef; Karoliny, Zsuzsa; Alas, Ruth; Kirilova … - In: Employee Relations 33 (2011) 4, pp. 428-443

Purpose – The primary aim of the paper is to draw attention to the similarities in the historical background and in the transitional period of the post‐socialist CEE (Central and East European) countries, which make this region a distinctive cluster in Europe. Design/methodology/approach –...

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Antecedents of employee performance: an empirical investigation in India

Biswas, Soumendu; Varma, Arup - In: Employee Relations 34 (2011) 2, pp. 177-192

transformational leadership, predicted job satisfaction. Job satisfaction, in turn, predicted employee performance, a composite measure … leadership, with employee performance. The paper builds on relevant research in this area, and extends such research to the … leadership over the transactional style, so that employees may learn and grow with the organization. Together, these shall result …

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Why do organisations engage in HR initiatives? A test case of a health and wellbeing intervention

Greasley, Kay; Edwards, Paul; Baker‐McClearn, Denise; … - In: Employee Relations 34 (2012) 4, pp. 443-462

Purpose – Many studies look at the effects of human resource (HR) initiatives. Yet very few consider why organisations adopt them in the first place. Health and wellbeing interventions offer a critical case because they offer apparent benefits for all. Assessing the process of engagement...

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End of the Mystery – Calculating the True Cost of Employee Absence

Huczynski, Andrzej; Fitzpatrick, Michael - In: Employee Relations 11 (1989) 6, pp. 12-15

The very practical issue of calculating the costs to the company of employee absence is discussed. The article is based on the research carried out by the authors of their recently published book, Managing Employee Absence for a Competitive Edge , an acronym for the seven‐step approach to...

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