...Mehadi Mamun Purpose The present study seeks to explore the relationships among human resource management (HRM) practices, supply chain management (SCM) implementation and small and medium-sized enterprises' (SMEs) performance in Australia. It also investigates whether HRM practices have any...

...Saima Ahmad; Syed Fazal-e-hasan; Ahmad Kaleem Purpose This paper empirically addresses the question of whether the meaning of ethical leadership is constant across cultures. Drawing on the implicit leadership theory (ILT), we examine whether people in Australia and Pakistan respond to perceived...

... the nationally representative employee–employer matched data from the 2012 National Aged Care Workforce Census and Survey in Australia. It applies the theoretical lens of the Job Characteristics Model and a mediation analytical model that controls for a rich set of employee, employer and regional characteristics...

...Abbas Valadkhani; Russell Smyth Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the likely economy-wide impacts of the complete shutdown of the motor vehicle industry on output and employment in Australia using the latest input-output (IO) table (2009-2010). Design/methodology/approach...

... between self‐efficacy, organisational support, work engagement and knowledge sharing with wellbeing. Adding the PCs’ individualised perspectives provides further insight into the value that PCs bring to an organisation. Research limitations/implications The study is limited to PCs within Australia...

... hindrance demands, such as role overload, as constraints that hinder goal achievement of effective performance (Nahrgang et al., 2011). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Australia Employees behaviour Job commitment Engagement Job demands Social support Curvilinear...

... discusses the implications for the prolongation of working lives. Older workers Australia Qualitative methods Case studies Organizational change While public policy makers in most industrialised nations have recently been promoting the cause of older workers in an effort to counter shortfalls...

... of organizational diversity management. The study explores the responses of general employees working in a large multicultural financial institution in Australia, investigating the relationships between their perception of the organization's management of cultural diversity and their perceptions of support from...

... ; Byham, 2002 ; Gutteridge et al., 1993 ; Leavitt, 2001 ; Liebman et al., 1996 ; Sullivan, 2000). Management succession Succession planning Employees Australia © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Succession management programs range from those...

... companies Human resource management Centralized control Australia This paper is focused around a central issue relating to the management of HR in multinational companies (MNCs) – the appropriate balance between centralization and localization and the factors that influence decisions concerning...

..., and Singaporean expatriates in Australia. Cross‐cultural management performance problems of Australian expatriates in South East Asia have been previously reported (Dawkins et al., 1995) and there is a scarcity of research examining the performance and practices of Singaporean expatriates (Chew, 1997...

... sustainability Case studies Australia Total quality management (TQM) has been the subject of discussion among management academics for many years. Its advocates represent TQM as a superior philosophy of management and there has been considerable research conducted over the past decade that demonstrates...

... dual commitment and to investigate the factors that influence the levels of commitment to each party. The limited nature of data available within Australia means this study is supplemented with the much larger body of data and research from the USA. Implications from the findings of this study...

... organisations strive rather than an empirical reality. The study involved two forms of research: © MCB UP Limited 2003 Skills Training Work Environment Change Australia Since the early 1980s, Australian enterprises have become exposed to increasing levels of international...

...Margaret Patrickson Advances in technology have significantly expanded the capacity of individuals to undertake their work role outside the confines of their employers’ premises, and changes in industrial relations policies and practices in Australia have facilitated organisational willingness...

... a vast and indefensible continent and to secure a labour force to undertake the associated task of economic development (Jupp, 1998). Overlaid on this was a longstanding concern by governments to limit the intake of non‐Europeans. This sentiment found expression in the infamous “White Australia” policy...

... survey evidence of employers’ past, present and intended usage of non‐standard forms of labour in three countries: Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Our results indicate that non‐standard forms of employment do represent an important feature of the contemporary workplace, to varying degrees...

... of workers who leave the occupation. In this paper, three concepts of replacement demand are outlined and net replacement demand is estimated and projected for 81 occupational groups, covering the whole of employment in Australia. The results show the net replacement demand rate to vary substantially across...

... subcontractors at the bottom. Even within a highly regulated environment such as Australia, subcontracting is so strong that the industry has evaded the umbrella of even the most influential of labour theories. For example, labour process writers Frenkel and Coolican (1980) concluded that the traditional...

...Greg J. Bamber; Chris J. Leggett Discusses the employment relations (ER) of seven countries: Australia, New Zealand and Japan have in different ways been restructuring their ER for increased flexibility. The South Korean process of democratisation has included a reduction in state regulation...