... and public organizations in the UAE. The study examines five HRM practices: recruitment and selection, training, internal career opportunities, extrinsic incentives, and intrinsic incentives. It also tests the mediating role of strategic HR directors in the relationship between HRM practices...

...Vincenzo Fasone; Giulio Pedrini; Raffaele Scuderi Purpose The paper aims at assessing the role of the different stages of the employment process in gauging workers' willingness to upskill themselves at the end of a seasonal employment contract by investing in further training. Design...

... 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...

.... Research limitations/implications Further research is needed to evaluate professionalisation initiatives by top pay regulators and assess their impact on executive remuneration in practice. Practical implications Thorough induction, tailored training, and continuous professional development...

... The authors reveal that a small minority of both types of firm use some practices, such as high compensation contingent on performance and performance review, appraisal and career development. However, domestic firms use some practices, such as extensive training, performance appraisals and performance...

...); and professional development (tenure, prior career experience in the organization and training). Design/methodology/approach The empirical analysis is based on data from a survey of Spanish educational organizations (secondary schools). The hypotheses are tested using hierarchical multiple regression analysis...

... Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Training Soft skills Education The twenty-first century workforce has experienced tremendous fluctuation due to the changing workplace environment, increased education of employees, and advances in technology...

...Rowena Barrett Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore what the attitudes of small firm owner-managers are to developing the skills of their key resources and then examine how these and other factors affect owner-managers’ preferences for training these employees. Design/methodology...

...Loris Guery Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between employee share ownership (ESO) and employer-provided training. To be more specific, as both ESO and involvement practices can contribute to developing human capital, the paper addresses the question of whether...

... on a different trajectory than similarly-situated males. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Training Gender Career development Organizational learning Women Situated learning theory Work identity Employee participation Advertising agency Creative industries In the creative...

... interviewed. During this phase, observations at the shop‐floor level were also carried out and interviews conducted whenever possible. The company was prepared to provide access to documents related to investment in training, salary grades and even the firm's confidential strategies. It also supplied some...

...Stephanie Jones Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the delivery of corporate objectives in customer service in the training of employees in a cultural context at odds with the proposed training outcomes. Design/methodology/approach A training program created to encourage...

...Marie Gee Wilson; Andrea Polzer‐Debruyne; Sophie Chen; Sonia Fernandes Purpose This research aims to investigate the efficacy of family involvement in shift work training targeting both physiological and social coping strategies. Design/methodology/approach The study utilized repeated surveys...

... of the system and that they play a fundamental role in shaping, empowering and reproducing the practices used. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Business performance Small to medium‐sized enterprises Training Human resource management Organizational culture Appropriate...

...Jie Shen; Roger Darby Purpose This paper aims to explore international training and development policies and practices in Chinese multinational enterprises (MNEs). The issues examined in this study include pre‐departure and post‐arrival training for expatriates and their spouses and families...

...Peter Urwin Purpose It is hard to disentangle the possible reasons for differential rates of training incidence amongst older and younger workers. While older workers are less likely to undergo employer‐financed training, many do not take up the opportunity to train. Differences in training...

...Geoff Hayward Purpose The paper aims to provide an insight into the psychic of working people in the immediate aftermath of the 1989 changes, especially with regards to their perception of the new free trade unions, how this perception changed and the role that education and training has played...

... in 1866 by a merger of six local graphical unions, that had been formed a few decades previously The socialist unions were by far the largest organised groups of workers – with some three‐and‐a‐half times more members than any other grouping. Trade unions Eastern Europe The Netherlands Training...

...Mike Rigby The paper examines the role of trade unions in the provision of continuous training. It first reviews the literature in this area and then considers evidence from a study of trade union involvement in the Spanish national training system managed by the social partners. The study finds...

...Richard Cooney This paper examines the development of an antecedent model of social partnership, the social “accord” employed by the Labor Government in Australia during the period 1983‐1996. The specific focus of the paper is upon the implementation of the Training Reform Agenda (TRA...