Personnel Review: Volume 29 Issue 6

Is job insecurity changing the psychological contract?

Janet Smithson, Suzan Lewis

The paper examines young adults’ perspectives on and experiences of job insecurity, including both objective insecurity and perceived uncertainty, as they emerged in a series of…

Contextual factors of psychological empowerment

Marc Siegall, Susan Gardner

This paper examines the relationships between four contextual factors related to empowerment (communication with supervisor, general relations with company, teamwork, and concern…

A comparison of work values and motives among Zimbabwean and British managers

Joan Harvey, Steve Carter, Godfrey Mudimu

Work values and attitudes were compared for 117 African and 82 British managers and management students. It was predicted that Africans would place more importance on status…

Supervisor and manager approaches to handling discipline and grievance: a follow‐up study

Derek J. Rollinson

This paper reports the results of a follow‐up study to two linked articles appearing in earlier issues of this journal. It examines the relative influence of factors affecting the…

Investigating the link between strategy and HRD

Mikko Luoma

This article is a theoretical presentation of human resource development (HRD) within the context of strategic management. It represents a single component view of human resource…

Empowerment through involvement: a case study of TGI Fridays restaurants

Conrad Lashley

Suggestions for improvements in service quality in hospitality operations frequently advocate the use of empowerment as a strategy for the management of employees. Analysis of…

Strategic Human Resource Management

Richard Underwood

Strategic Human Resource Development

Richard Underwood

Managing Change: A Human Resource Strategy Approach

Richard Underwood