Human resources have become the key source of competitive advantage for the organizations that strive in challenging environments. In order to retain and satisfy their employees, organizations should design their human resource (HR) functions and practices consistent with the expectations of...

It is a conceptual paper that is supported by a case study done in a project oriented company and its subject matters are related to such business processes as project performance assessment, knowledge management, corporate governance through translating strategy into project operational goals,...

Customer relationship, work relationship and impact of managerial practices on employees' well being need to be studied as a whole. Customer service employees' management are focused on cost and efficiency, so human resource practices need to be investigated. Qualitative research led within 5...

The presence of family influence and family social capital may factor into a family firm's relatively slow process in formalizing human resource practices when compared to a non-family firm. Family social capital and family influence also play a strong role in the development of the ethnic...

The paper aims to provide a language and a conceptual toolkit to deepen our understanding of the impact of relational and social issues on the success of construction projects. Building on several streams of literature, as well as on individual and group interviews with construction...

Employee participation has attracted scant attention in the construction industry, yet the experience of firms in many other industries indicate that considerable benefits in terms of improved quality, lower production costs and greater competitiveness can be achieved from formal employee...

This essay has as purpose to make polemics on Human Resource Management, face to arguments on the category 'Social Responsibility' within XXIth Century firm organizations. There is also an intention to theorize grosso modo upon their application worthiness, in global market environment, related...

The paper investigates the driving factors of firm training using a survey-based dataset concerning manufacturing firms in the Emilia Romagna Region, located in Northern Italy. Data derive from a structured questionnaire administered in 2002 to the management of a representative sample of firms...

This article examines the influence of equity ownership structure (stock market listing and identity of shareholders) on human resource management practices. The empirical analysis uses the 2004-2005 Workplace Industrial Relations Survey (REPONSE survey), based on a sample of 2930 establishments...

This study investigates the relationship between human resource management (HRM) and the performance of 101 foreign-owned subsidiaries in Russia. The study's results provide support for the assertion that investments in HRM practices can substantially help a firm perform better. Further,...