International Journal of Manpower: Volume 40 Issue 2

Can pay gaps between gay men and lesbians shed light on male–female pay gaps?

Jing Wang, Morley Gunderson

The purpose of this paper is to estimate the relative importance of gender discrimination and differences in household responsibilities as determinants of the male–female pay gap.

When do firms evaluate further training measures?

Ann-Christin Bächmann, Martin Abraham, Martina Huber

Increased investments in employee further training have resulted in a growing interest in ensuring and improving the quality of these measures. However, little is known about the…

Linking workplace bullying and EVLN outcomes: Role of psychological contract violation and workplace friendship

Arpana Rai, Upasna A. Agarwal

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between workplace bullying and EVLN outcomes with psychological contract violation as a mediator and workplace friendship…

Open-plan office, employees’ enactment, interpretations and reactions to territoriality

Natalya Monaghan, Oluremi Bolanle Ayoko

Research on the physical work environment and employee territorial behavior in the field of organizational behavior is limited. In particular, while the prevalence of territorial…

Does welfare drive international migration? – a European experience

Igor Jerzy Jakubiak

The purpose of this paper is to provide a summary of empirical research on welfare magnetism and to assess the size and scope of the welfare magnet effect on the non-EU migrants…

Teleworkers in Italy: who are they? Do they make more?

Claudia Pigini, Stefano Staffolani

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the determinants of the probability of being a teleworker and the extent of earnings differentials between teleworkers and traditional…

A regression discontinuity evaluation of reducing early retirement eligibility in Poland

Oliwia Komada, Pawel Strzelecki, Joanna Tyrowicz

The purpose of this paper is to isolate and evaluate the causal effect of the changes in eligibility criteria on labor force participation (LFP) and exit to retirement of the…

Language skills in an ethnically segmented labour market: Estonia 1989–2012

Sven-Kristjan Bormann, Svetlana Ridala, Ott-Siim Toomet

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the relationship between skills in the Estonian, Russian and English language, and labour market outcomes in Estonia, a linguistically…

Access to skilled labor, institutions and firm performance in developing countries

Charilaos Mertzanis, Mona Said

The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of access to skilled labor in explaining firms’ sales growth subject to the controlling influence of a wide range of firm-specific…

“Happy-performing managers” thesis: Testing the mediating role of job-related affective outcomes on the impact of role stressors on contextual performance

Peter Hosie, Piyush Sharma, Russel P.J. Kingshott

The purpose of this paper is to extend the “Happy-Performing Managers” thesis to show that managers’ job-related affective well-being and affective job satisfaction mediate the…