...Mónica Santana; Rocío Aguilar-Caro; Beatrice I.J.M. Van der Heijden Purpose This study aims to understand the workplace challenges cancer survivors face when they return to work, and to analyse what human resources management (HRM) professionals and line managers can do to protect and motivate...

... may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode HRM function HRM department HRM decentralization Devolution Line managers HRM power To better adapt to their changing environments, organizations are gearing towards more flexible structures and operating modes...

...Stefanos Nachmias; Fotios Mitsakis; Eleni Aravopoulou; Christopher J. Rees; Amairisa Kouki Purpose Drawing on the social exchange theory, this study aims to explore line managers' perceptions of diversity management, as well as their perceptions of their role and responsibilities in shaping...

... at: kraichy@edwards.usask.ca 09 01 2019 24 09 2019 05 11 2019 07 11 2019 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Employee behaviour Line managers Group behaviour Human resource management Over the past several...

... the assumed unitarist and “consensus” standing point in organizations it recognizes that front-line managers, similarly to their subordinates, resist corporate demands and unveils stories of “battles” and disengagement towards their role, providing a rich empirical agenda regarding managerial misbehaviour...

... only Line managers Human resource management Flexible work Flexible work arrangements (FWAs) are now routinely offered in organizations as a human resource (HR) practice designed to assist employees to balance their work commitments with life outside work. Supervisors are largely...

... Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Organizational performance Human resource management Structural equation modelling Labour utilization e-HRM Line managers Existing studies have revealed an important association between e-HRM...

... is more likely to damage unions than the market function, this study revealed that the interplay between the two functions varied over time and across outlets, and was primarily contingent on the disposition of line management towards the use of VPS and the market context. Research limitations...

... “right to request” FWAs policies translate to practice within two large companies in Australia. The primary data focuses on 66 in-depth interviews with line managers, employees and key organisational informants. These interviews are triangulated with legislative, company and union policy documents...

...Dr Keith Townsend and Professor Tony Dundon; Richard Saundry; Carol Jones; Gemma Wibberley Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the orientations of line managers in handling workplace conflict. In particular it examines the tension between the traditional preference of frontline...

... by the front-line manager (FLM) appears pre-eminent. Design/methodology/approach – Using data collected in 2012 from a sample of 73 New Zealand KWs, the authors adopt a phenomenological approach to understanding how the FLM influences their performance motivations. A two-pronged research design...

...Dr Keith Townsend and Professor Tony Dundon; Anastasios Hadjisolomou Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of line managers in managing attendance at work in the lean regime of grocery retailing. The increasing competitiveness within the sector, coupled...

...Dr Keith Townsend and Professor Tony Dundon; Keith Townsend; Rebecca Loudoun Purpose – There is a long line of human resource management and employee relations research that points to the important function that line managers play within organisations. The purpose of this paper is to focus...

...Dr Keith Townsend and Professor Tony Dundon; Samantha Evans Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the interplay between the role of front line managers (FLMs) and their contribution to the reported gap between intended and actual human resource management (HRM). Design/methodology...

... is well documented in the strategic human resource management (SHRM) literature (Becker and Huselid, 2006 ; Bowen and Ostroff, 2004 ; Macky and Boxall, 2007). However, in practice, line managers play a significant role in the implementation of HR practices (Hall and Torrington, 1998 ; Thornhill...

...William Hunter; Douglas Renwick Purpose The paper seeks to detail the formal and informal aspects of involving line managers in human resource management (HRM). Design/method/approach The investigation was conducted by interviewing line managers at one work organisation. Findings Formally...

.../approach The present study investigates HR professionals' and line managers' perceptions of HR roles in a regional full‐service bank based on a combination of interviews and a questionnaire survey distributed to the HR executive and line managers. Findings The case study evidence reported suggests...

... 2007 Employee involvement Performance management National Health Service Line managers Job satisfaction United Kingdom “High commitment” or “high performance” strategies and work practices have been heralded as the panacea for success in organisational performance for decades...

...Sandra Watson; Gillian A. Maxwell; Lois Farquharson Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore different levels of line manager perspectives, namely strategic and first‐line on their role in human resource management (HRM) and human resource development (HRD), and to identify enablers...

... are examined. Formal provision in the two companies was broadly similar providing an opportunity to examine how centrally developed, statutory‐based policy operates in different organisational contexts. Using qualitative reports from line managers and human resource managers the interaction and tensions...