.../methodology/approach – The paper draws on the extant literature on pay and undertakes detailed quantitative analysis of teachers pay in Scotland relative to teachers elsewhere in the UK, graduates and other professional occupations in the private and public sectors. Findings – The key finding...

...Gian Casimir; Darcy McCormack; Nikola Djurkovic; Apollo Nsubuga‐Kyobe Purpose The main purpose of this paper is to examine the psychosomatic model of downward workplace bullying in different cultures. Design/methodology/approach A cross‐sectional design was used. Participants were teachers...

.... The research sadly uncovered very little good practice in schools, although some local authorities had excellent HR practitioners. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Heads and teachers had contrasted definitions of capability, and what this meant in the performance management process. Three...

...Jim Grieves; Peter Hanafin Purpose Aims to examine current debates about the recruitment and retention of teachers and explore the views of Local Education Authority Human Resource Advisors, governors and teachers. Design/methodology/approach Addresses the issue of whether the Government...

...Keith Sisson Based on the 1991 Shirley Lerner Memorial Lecture, a discussion is conducted of the challenges and opportunities facing teachers and researchers arising from the rapidly changing practice of industrial relations. A widening of the scope of the subject, to include its individual as well...