... system of the late 1990s is used as a case study. The paper illustrates how World Bank data may have been used to guide the design. Findings The paper demonstrates how during the design phase, policy makers can employ knowledge of pre-incentive training levels of firms, and possibly also estimates...

... criterion to discrimination studies. Gender Recruitment Discrimination Hiring Mobility Case studies C93 J16 J24 J71 We used the same methodology as Duguet et al. (2015) . Recruiters were assigned preferences (or tastes) for candidates A and B, represented by utilities...

... to the small body of theoretical research that has studied the negative effects of externalization on internal employees’ perceptions. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Organizational culture Employee attitudes Case studies Conditions of employment Contingent workers Skills flexibility...

... important distinctions provided by social systems theory (Luhmann, 2000). Case studies from two German companies provide the empirical basis of our analysis. The findings should improve our knowledge about how corporate crises (against the background of the GFC) unfolded in companies and what impact...

... countries. These papers represent a wide variety of designs, methodologies and analytic strategies used to study active ageing in the paid labour force as well as in civil society. The papers make use of large‐scale surveys among employers and volunteers, case studies in organisations, and vital statistics...

... on interviews undertaken at four case study organizations in Australia. While participation in these interviews was unequivocally voluntary and anonymous, purposeful sampling was undertaken to achieve the largest possible spread of respondents from the various levels, business areas and locations of the case...

... problematic, a case study approach is used. The research indicates that a lack of attention to the human element of change, especially inconsistent senior management support, a lack of involvement of supervisors and middle managers in planning for change, and lack of attention to groups of staff affected...

... relationship. Giles and Williams (1991) emphasized this relationship by stating: Case studies Comparative method Human resource management Total quality management Environmental pressures to change, for example, turbulent market conditions and heightened competition, have left organizations...

...Tom Redman; Adrian Wilkinson; Ed Snape Examines the factors which underpin the success of total quality management (TQM) initiatives. Uses data drawn from an in‐ depth, longitudinal case study of British Steel Teesside Works. Provides information on the background to the case study and an overview...