... collected from 300 employees working in public sector organizations in the United Arab Emirates. A quantitative method was adopted, and statistical analyses were performed. Findings The findings demonstrate that digital leadership affects employees' digital literacy and learning orientation. While...

... explored in the literature. HRM policy in the public sector across MENA region suffers from many deficiencies as various scholars have pointed out. For instance, Ashour (2004) noted that HRM can be associated with the lack of an overall policy emphasizing merit, as well as a lack of direction...

... of the prominent concept of the “dual system of interest representation” to a “trimorphic system of interest representation” for the public sector. Design/methodology/approach The paper draws on case studies of staff councils in municipalities and administrative districts, relying on semi-structured interviews...

...Eva Bermúdez-Figueroa; Beltrán Roca Purpose This paper aims to describe and explain women's labor participation in the public sector, particularly at the local level. The paper analyses the representation of women employees in the public sector through a case study of a city council in a mid-sized...

...Joan Amanda Ballantine; Tony Wall; Anne Marie Ward Purpose The public sector is often considered the vanguard in terms of the availability and promotion of flexible working arrangements (FWAs). Despite this, little is known about how senior managers in the public sector engage with FWAs...

... workers substantially declined in the last decade, with levels being 4.6 per cent for those aged 16-19 in 2011 (Brownlie, 2012, p. 29). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Industrial relations Public sector Trade unionism Union responses Young workers Trade union membership...

...Alison Collins; Susan Cartwright Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the perceptions of managers and employees, in one private and one public sector organization, towards an individual's decision to go to work, despite being unwell, a phenomenon known as presenteeism in the literature...

... and appraise the research findings and overall, the CKM model. Further research needs to be conducted in the Greek public sector. Practical implications The research findings suggest that the CKM model affects positively workers' productivity and ambiguity tolerance. Additionally, they note that workers...

... period of time, than in other parts of the public sector. The results of three surveys, carried out simultaneously, are used to support this argument, and to generate evidence on how the process has been perceived by three sets of important actors and reveals some of the contradictions...

...J. Hamblett Susan   Corby Editor, Geoff   White Editor . Employee Relations in the Public Sector: Themes and Issues . London : Routledge   1999 . 238 pp. , ISBN: 0‐415‐17445‐7 (pbk)   £19.99 © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Employee relations Public sector...

... of trade unions and staff bodies. Carr (1999) points out that 39 staff bodies were recognised in the Whitley system and it was not uncommon for any one hospital to deal with a dozen or more trade unions and staff organisations (Corby and Higham, 1996). Consequently, trade unions in public sector...

...Marie McHugh; Geraldine O’Brien; Joop Ramondt This article highlights the fact that in an attempt to cope with the turbulence and hostility which characterize their operating environments, many public sector organizations have embarked upon far‐reaching programmes of unsettling strategic change...

...”. In contrast, HRM policies in the public sector and the utilities have been one part of a more profound restructuring in these sectors and unions have been faced with the problem of developing or revitalizing workplace forms of organization. Concludes by asserting that such developments place the question...

...; the organization′s market dominance in the collection and delivery of door‐to‐door mail; its industrial relations; and the formal and central adoption of TQM within a public sector context. Finally, public sector industrial relations were increasingly considered in govern‐ment circles as being problematic, due...

...Ralph Darlington While remaining in the public sector, the British Post Office has undergone massive changes in terms of its general orientation and structure over the last decade, with major implications for workplace management‐labour relations and shopfloor trade union organization. The most...

... in an old bottle. © MCB UP Limited 1993 Incentives Management Pay Policy Private sector Public sector Remuneration Rewards Reward Management: A Retrospective Assessment Reward Management: Retrospective Ian G. Smith CardiffBusiness School, University of Wales College of Cardiff, Cardiff...

... are not an incentive and show that stewards play a pivotal role in recruitment. © MCB UP Limited 1992 Employee attitudes Public sector Recruitment Shop stewards Trade unions United Kingdom Why Public Sector Workers Join Unions: An Attitude Survey of Why Public Sector Workers Join Unions Workers...

...John R. Calvert Public sector bargaining in Canadian labour relations, placed in the wider context of the federal political system, is examined. The development of public sector trade unionism over the past two decades is discussed and its impact on the wider labour movements is assessed...

... interventionalist institutions. In this context, current initiatives have to be examined against a range of governmental policies that are still in the process of evolution. © MCB UP Limited 1988 Industrial relations Labour law Public sector New Zealand Abstract and Keywords Changing Structures...

...Clare Kelliher; Steve McKenna The implications of government policy for public sector catering employees are considerable. Pay, conditions of service, hours of work, the effort‐bargain and staffing levels have all been altered to the general detriment of catering workers. There is now greater...