Personnel Review: Volume 42 Issue 4

Investigation of subjective age in the work context: study of a sample of French workers

Liliane Rioux, René Mokounkolo

Following the work of Kastenbaum in 1972, the concept of subjective age has been extensively explored and numerous studies have shown that subjective age often has a greater…

Exploring the impact of trust on research scientists' work engagement: Evidence from Irish science research centres

Aamir Ali Chughtai, Finian Buckley

The purpose of this paper is to explore the effects of trust in top management and trust in team members on research scientists' work engagement. Specifically, it is proposed that…

Getting the most of management training: the role of identical elements for training transfer

Martijn van der Locht, Karen van Dam, Dan S. Chiaburu

Focusing on management training, the purpose of this paper is to establish whether identical elements in a training program (i.e. aspects resembling participants' work situation…

Comprehensive examination on antecedents of cultural intelligence: case of South Korea

Hyoung Koo Moon, Byoung Kwon Choi, Jae Shik Jung

The purpose of this paper is to comprehensively investigate the antecedents of expatriates' cultural intelligence (CQ) by simultaneously considering previous working experiences…

Employers' motives behind outplacement activities: A theoretical and empirical investigation

Dorothea Alewell, Sven Hauff

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the determinants of employers' motives behind outplacement activities, the relationship between these motives, and the specific activities…

Unitary practice or pluralist empowerment?: The paradoxical case of management development in UK trade unions

Denise Thursfield, Jean Kellie

The purpose of this paper is to explore management development in five trade unions. It investigates senior trade union managers' interpretations of management development, in…