...Jouharah M. Abalkhail Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the experiences of employees who are exposed to dysfunctional behaviors by their leaders in a healthcare organization. Design/methodology/approach This study employed a qualitative methodology drawing on 25 semi-structured...

...Marc Abessolo; Andreas Hirschi; Jérôme Rossier Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relation among work values and protean and boundaryless career orientations. Design/methodology/approach A sample of 238 employees aged 16 to 65 years from the French-speaking region...

... employees view mentors and what they expect from mentoring relationships. Facilitators of mentoring programs can consider the ideal mentor prototype during the matching process and the initial stages of the mentoring relationship. Formal mentoring programs continue to become a central part...

...Qiao Hu; Wilmar B. Schaufeli; Toon W. Taris Purpose This study aims to investigate the relation between job demands and job resources on the one hand and employee well‐being (burnout and work engagement) on the other. It was assumed that this relation is mediated by an equity‐based cognitive...

...Ans De Vos; Jesse Segers Purpose Career self‐directedness is a concept that has gained widespread attention in the literature on new careers and managerial thinking about contemporary career development. In a related sense, the topic of employee retirement has become popular in both the academic...

...Douglas M. Mahony; Malayka Klimchak; Daniel L. Morrell Purpose The aims of this paper are to expand understanding on the portability of work experience and to understand how an employee's level of propensity to trust interplays with perceived value of previous career‐long work experience to affect...

... as separate individuals. For example, an employee may be counseled on how to respond to a colleague's demeaning behavior. However, preliminary research suggests that frequent acts of bullying may be perpetrated by a distinct group of employees who see themselves as targets and who also behave aggressively...

..., IWB, and intention to quit. Design/methodology/approach Respondents to a survey were 979 Indian managerial employees working in six service sector organisations in India. Structural equation modelling was used to test hypothesised relationships. Findings Results suggest quality of exchanges...

... and extrinsic motivation, and employability. Design/methodology/approach Hypotheses were tested using structural equation modeling on data from 611 employees of a Dutch municipality. Findings Consistent with the hypotheses, the authors' results indicated that resources are related to both intrinsic...

.... Identities Professional workers Stress Role salience Emotional exhaustion Employees Professions Human resource management Work identity Identities are “positions in the social structure, which are enacted in role relationships with others and viewed as descriptive of oneself” (Thoits, 1995 , p...

... to participate in the labor market. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Retire Unretire Ageing workers Career transition Retirement Employees Careers Older workers Canada Other researchers have developed more implicit theories of aging and career management that considered...

... of the reliability and validity of OCS. Findings The model fit indices confirm the three‐dimensional factor structure of organizational career systems. The three dimensions pertain to labor market orientation, employee advancement orientation and employee lateral movement. Originality/value In proposing...

... behaviour that are beneficial for all parties involved can be identified. Temporary employment is a reality that is here to stay and that searches for mechanisms to reconcile the sometimes conflicting perspectives of employees and employers. This new approach is promising but researchers should also account...

... Workforce using MANOVA and multiple regressions. Findings Work schedules were significantly related to work‐interfering with family (WIF) and work‐family synergy (W‐FS) but not for family interfering with work (FIW). Perceived supervisory support was significantly related to employee work schedule...

... explains the topics, provides background and discussion of the main concepts. The study uses regression analyses to test the moderating relationships using a total sample of 610 employees split among three separate organizations. Findings The results suggest that mentoring becomes more effective...

...E. Holly Buttner; Kevin B. Lowe; Lenora Billings‐Harris Purpose The purposes of this paper are three‐fold: first, to examine the effect of diversity climate on professional employee of color outcomes, organizational commitment and turnover intentions; second, to investigate the moderating...

...Jos Akkermans; Veerle Brenninkmeijer; Roland W.B. Blonk; Lando L.J. Koppes Purpose The purpose of this paper is to gain more insight into the well‐being, health and performance of young intermediate educated employees. First, employees with low education (9 years or less), intermediate education...

... facilitates work engagement, willingness to change, and performance during organizational change. Design/methodology/approach Cross‐sectional survey‐data were collected from 238 employees in a variety of both public and private organizations. Findings Confirmatory factor analyses showed that meaning...

... tension, and job tension and job dissatisfaction). Design/methodology/approach This two‐study investigation employed a survey methodology to assess the efficacy of the predictive relationships. Study 1 consisted of 390 full‐time employees in a broad range of occupations, while 199 state agency...

... Publishing Limited 2009 Labour mobility Technical training Employees Change management Careers The human capital model proposed by Becker (1962) , in which workers receive returns on the human capital or skill level they have accumulated during the course of their lives, has been used...