Employee Relations: Volume 40 Issue 1

Gender inequalities in job quality during the recession

Pilar Ficapal-Cusí, Angel Díaz-Chao, Milagros Sainz-Ibáñez, Joan Torrent-Sellens

The purpose of this paper is to empirically analyse gender differences in job quality during the first years of the economic crisis in Spain.

Who commits? Who engages?

John Sutherland

The purpose of this paper is to address two questions: who commits? And who engages? For example, does an individual’s likelihood of committing/engaging vary with his/her age; or…

Labour reputation and financial performance: is there a causal relationship?

María Dolores Odriozola, Antonio Martin, Ladislao Luna

The purpose of this paper is to analyse if there is a circular relationship of causality between the labour dimension of corporate social performance (CSP) and corporate financial…

How effective are disability sensitization workshops?

Mukta Kulkarni, K.V. Gopakumar, Shivani Patel

Organizations are increasingly investing in disability-specific sensitization workshops. Yet, there is limited understanding about their hoped outcomes, that is, increased…

Expanding social actor-based explanations in labour market dualisation research: A combined macro-micro and micro-macro approach

Valeria Pulignano, Nadja Doerflinger

The purpose of this paper is to contribute conceptually to debate on labour market dualisation by proposing a macro-micro and micro-macro (or macro-micro-macro) analytical…

Analysis of the impact of referral-based recruitment on job attitudes and turnover in temporary agency workers

Luis González, Lorenzo Rivarés

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the referral-based recruitment process in temporary work agencies (TWA) and its influence on workers’ attitudes and turnover.

Executive compensation: influence and reciprocity effects

Frans Maloa

The purpose of this paper is to understand the effects of influence and reciprocity as the elements in the determination of executive compensation.

Temporary agency workers stepping into a permanent position: social skills matter

Nathalie Galais, Klaus Moser

Temporary agency work (TAW) has increased enormously in recent decades. Most temporary agency workers are pushed involuntarily into this work arrangement and prefer permanent work…

Target experiences of workplace bullying on online labour markets: Uncovering the nuances of resilience

Premilla D’Cruz, Ernesto Noronha

The purpose of this paper is to report a study of bullying on online labour markets (OLMs), highlighting how abuse unfolds in digital workplaces and depicting the trajectory of…

Relationship between gender-sensitive practices and family support and its impact on psychological well-being of women employees in call centers in India

Monica Verma, Kanika T. Bhal, Prem Vrat

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship of gender-sensitive practices and family support in predicting psychological well-being of women assessed as stress, job…