... mediation mechanisms of organizational innovation (OI) and competitive advantage (CA) on the relationship between individual-level employee innovative job performance (EIJP) and firms' financial performance (FFP) based on the resource-based view. The authors noted positive and significant sequential...

... dimensions of management innovation were found to exhibit a positive influence on competitive advantage. Originality/value The findings provide organisations with an insight into the institutional factors that affect their ability to introduce new management practices and techniques (i.e. management...

... in certain sectors of production. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Occupational selection Industry Immigration Skill premium Spain Skills Languages Competitive advantage Labour market Certain activities and types of work are clearly intensive in communication skills...

... 2012 France Canada Students Business studies Managerialism Values Competitive advantage Organizational innovation Globalization Creativity Work‐life Culture The turbulent and changing international business environment raises challenges for business executives, making them...

... be replicated in other industrial and country settings in order to test its generality. An efficient system of knowledge sharing within an organization provides that organization with a competitive advantage (Lee, 2010). As the demand for unskilled labor is replaced by the need for workers skilled in new...

... (as uncertain and complex) will be positively associated with organizational learning. Globalization of economy, the diverse workforce environment, and use of information technology have made organizations become more aware of competitive environment and pursue competitive advantage that lies in learning...

... of Australian and New Zealand organisations in light of the recent economic downturn in the Asia‐Pacific region. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Human resource management Barriers Competitive advantage Australia NewZealand Australia and New Zealand are unusual in that they are attempting to support...

.... This will require a broadening of the perspective of strategic HRM. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Strategy Human resource management Australia Organizational change Planning Competitive advantage Competitive business strategies are emphasising the “management” aspects over and above the human...

...Manuel Mendonca; Rabindra N. Kanungo Argues that performance management techniques and practices developed in US organizations cannot be successful in the developing country context to gain competitive advantage unless the issue of culture‐fit is addressed adequately. “Culture‐fit” can be ensured...

... Authority of New South Wales. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Australia Competitive advantage Human resource management Organizational change Public sector At the Chullora bus workshops, 450 people were engaged in giving mid‐life overhauls to 85 buses per annum and in Newcastle 100 people gave...