... is undoubtedly one of the keys to success, and the practices of employee development (training, promotion, succession, career planning, mentoring and coaching) help improve the performance of these companies. Design/methodology/approach This paper is based on studying a sample of 560 family companies...

... management involvement in L&D at work. Some examples would be: devolution of training responsibilities such as induction (IRS, 1996); the growth of performance management and developmental appraisal systems (Redman and Snape, 1992); the use of cellular working and team leader‐based forms...

...) and Herriot et al. (1997) using it as a term for describing what is implicit in terms of reciprocity and exchange within the employment relationship. Personnel psychology Development Organizations Over the past decade or so, there has been a plethora of writing on the subject...

... their collective bargaining position. But the bulk of the low paid are not in trade unions. They are part‐time. They are women. They are young people. They are homeworkers. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Development Low Pay Minimum wage Training Young people With mounting empirical work, there also...

... insecurity, more stress and an inability to cope with the new demands being made. Australia Development Employees Human resource management Management roles Policy Since the early 1980s there has been a continuing debate in Australia about the need to reform working practices so...

... highly conducive to international union co‐operation exist. The constraints and incentives for the development of MCB are examined in the context of the 1970s and 1980s and their changing economic environments. The analysis uses a framework based on the economic theory of bargaining cartels...

...‐sharing and share ownership are considered to be worthwhile, policy initiatives should be centred on the medium and smaller companies in Britain. Considerable efforts outside the financial sector are necessary to effect any marked acceleration of profit‐sharing and share ownership. If future developments...