In this issue are included scientific articles who debate problems from social science fields: development, power of the state, European policy, democracy, freedom of choice, social science. Authors talk about subjects as Sport policy and heroes in the Romanian communism, Food in war time in...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe the role of human resource management (HRM) in Romania. Design/methodology/approach – The paper describes the latest changes and their reflections in research by analysing data collected from an inquiry amongst 558 company managers. The...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to understand the role played by core self-evaluations (CSEs) in relationship to both job seekers’ job search behaviour and health complaints by examining the mediating role of job search self-efficacy (JSSE). Design/methodology/approach: The present...