Employee Relations: Volume 42 Issue 1

Institutional context and human resource management in Nigeria

Darius Ikyanyon, Phil Johnson, Jeremy Dawson

The purpose of this paper is to explore how the institutional context influences human resource management (HRM) policies in the public and private sector in Nigeria.

Psychological contract and organizational justice: the role of normative contract

Yolanda Estreder, Thomas Rigotti, Inés Tomás, José Ramos

The purpose of this paper is to examine perceptions of the psychological contract (PC) simultaneously at the individual level (fulfillment of obligations by the organization and…

Fragmented time and domiciliary care quality

Carol Atkinson, Sarah Crozier

The purpose of this paper is to examine the marketization of domiciliary care, its consequences for employment practice, specifically fragmented time, and the implications for…

Investigating the relationship between managerialist employment relations and employee turnover intention: The case of Nigeria

Emeka Smart Oruh, Chima Mordi, Akeem Ajonbadi, Bashir Mojeed-Sanni, Uzoechi Nwagbara, Mushfiqur Rahman

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between managerialist employment relations and employee turnover intention in Nigeria. The study context is public…

The role of talent management in strategic renewal

Kati Järvi, Violetta Khoreva

The purpose of this paper is to emphasize the role of talent management (TM) in strategic renewal. Furthermore, the authors extend the existing knowledge on the process of TM…

Bother me only if the client complains: control and resistance in home-based telework in India

Dharma Raju Bathini, George Mathew Kandathil

The purpose of this paper is to explore the link between operations of organization control and workers’ response to them in case of telework, a technology-embedded new way of…

Perceived organizational support: the interactive role of coworkers’ perceptions and employees’ voice

Florence Stinglhamber, Marc Ohana, Gaëtane Caesens, Maryline Meyer

The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether a focal employee’s perception of organizational support (POS) is shaped by the social context or, more specifically, by his/her…

Mutuality or mutual dependence in the psychological contract: a power perspective

Haris Ali

There have been increasing calls to explore the psychological contract from the lens of power. By addressing this gap, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the assumption…

Overcoming the barriers to the implementation of more efficient productive strategies in small enterprises

Andrea Signoretti

The purpose of this paper is to elaborate an empirical model of how small, family-owned companies can overcome the barriers that have been shown in different disciplines to hinder…

The impact of organizational support on employee performance

Taibo Chen, Shuaikang Hao, Kaifang Ding, Xiaodong Feng, Gendao Li, Xiao Liang

Building on organizational support theory and social exchange theory, the purpose of this paper is to study the impact of organizational support on employee performance (EP) in…

Job embeddedness of manufacturing SME employees in Indonesia

Fanny Martdianty, Alan Coetzer, Pattanee Susomrith

The purpose of this paper is to explore the applicability of job embeddedness (JE) theory to employees in manufacturing SMEs in Central Java, Indonesia, and to qualitatively…

Firm-level agreements, employment strategies and temporary workers: Firm-level evidence from Italy

Saverio Minardi

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of two-tier firm-level collective agreements on firms’ propensity to use temporary employment, accounting for the process of…

Investigating the role of psychological need satisfaction as a moderator in the relationship between job demands and turnover intention among nurses

Valérie Boudrias, Sarah-Geneviève Trépanier, Annie Foucreault, Clayton Peterson, Claude Fernet

Job demands can contribute to nurses’ turnover intention and this can have an impact on health services among the general population. It appears important to identify the work…

The nexus of corporate social responsibility (CSR), affective commitment and organisational citizenship behaviour in academia: A model of trust

Rashid Ahmad, Saima Ahmad, Talat Islam, Ahmad Kaleem

The purpose of this paper is to advance knowledge on the implications of perceived corporate social responsibility (CSR) on employee levels of commitment and citizenship behaviour…

Big data: lessons for employers and employees

Debora Jeske, Thomas Calvard

The purpose of this paper is to critically reflect on the pros and cons of using employee information in big data projects.

Using the future time perspective to analyse resistance to, and readiness for, change

Konstantin Bagrationi, Thomas Thurner

When a major Russian energy provider introduced a new technology that required organisational adjustment, the company’s management was surprised by the degree of internal…