Personnel Review: Volume 33 Issue 6

Benefits of participation in corporate volunteer programs: employees' perceptions

Dane K. Peterson

This exploratory survey study investigated the alleged benefits associated with corporate volunteer programs. The results demonstrated that employees viewed volunteerism as an…

The consequences of emerging HRM practices for employees' trust in their managers

Shay S. Tzafrir, Yehuda Baruch, Shimon L. Dolan

This study examines the consequences of emerging human resource management (HRM) practices for employees' trust in their managers from a combination of the theory of exchange and…

Social partnership strategies in two health service trusts

Bob Mason, Norma Heaton, Joe Morgan

Based on longitudinal case study research amongst ancillary staff in two health service trusts in the same region, this article analyses the strategies that management and trade…

An analysis of current human resource management publications

Jenny M. Hoobler, Nancy Brown Johnson

Human resource articles published in the top human resource management (HRM) journals from 1994 through 2001 are analyzed by topic, research technique, level of analysis, and data…

Empowered self‐management and the design of work teams

Richard Cooney

This paper explores the theoretical implications of empowered self‐management as a teamwork design concept. It explores the multiple definitions of empowerment and self‐management…

Employee relations in the non‐union hotel industry: a case of “determined opportunism”?

Jeremy Head, Rosemary Lucas

This paper examines employee relations management in a non‐union sector, showing how employers in the hotel industry remain relatively free to manage in an arbitrary and…

Book reviews

Diana Kelly

Reviews three books in the field of employment relations, industrial relations and human resource management: Employment Relations: Continuity and Change: Policies and Practices…