... may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Overqualification Recruitment Job candidate Employment Overqualification, which is a situation in which individuals have more qualifications (e.g. education, experience, skills, etc.) than their job requirements...

...Katarzyna Piwowar-Sulej; Dominika Bąk-Grabowska Purpose The aim of this study is to analyze the differences between non-standard forms of employment (FoE) (i.e. dependent self-employment/business-to-business/B2B contract and contract of mandate) in terms of investing in the development of future...

...Lisa E. Baranik Purpose The current study examined employment rates and predictors of employment among Syrian refugees currently living in Lebanon and Jordan. This paper argues that men and women refugees have different experiences seeking out employment after resettlement due to patriarchal...

... in order to ascertain whether precarious employment extends, or not, one’s working life. A rich data set including over 250,000 old workers across EU-15 is built for the empirical investigation. Findings The results suggest that old workers involved in precarious employment are planning to retire later...

...Ingo Winkler © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 --> Employment Nancy Harding’s book is about killing dreams, murdering selves, organisational death, violence and workers as zombies. This sounds both captivating and frightening, particularly if one has...

... between employment conditions and policy measures at sectoral level, in order to identify how these both facilitate and limit employment participation for disabled workers. Design/methodology/approach The research was exploratory in character using qualitative and comparative methods within a case...

...Stefan Süß; Johannes Becker Purpose In recent years, the number of freelancers has increased considerably, especially in the IT and the media sectors. Additionally, the discussion around employability has intensified because of its relevance for employees in meeting labour market demands...

... datasets. The twin datasets applied are examined using labour process analysis. Findings The main findings highlight the role of new and subtle forms of management control, a deficient yet necessary conflict dynamic in the employment relationship, and a reluctance of employers to involve third parties...

... Academics Self‐initiated expatriates Reasons to expatriate Work outcomes Academic staff Expatriates Workplace Employment The fast internationalisation of business has resulted in a need to manage global operations as well as expatriate staff worldwide in an effective way. This has contributed...

...Andrew Dainty; Irena Grugulis; David Langford Purpose As a backdrop to the empirical contributions contained within this special section, this Guest Editorial aims to review the context of construction employment. It summarises the challenges inherent in construction work which have impeded...

... that organisations are not fully utilising the potential of their GRINGO staff, and identifies ways in which HR departments might respond to this issue. Originality/value The article makes an original contribution to the literature on graduate under‐employment, by examining the issue from an organisational...

...Chris Forde; Robert MacKenzie Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the use of contingent labour in the construction and civil engineering sector in the UK. Design/methodology/approach The paper presents the findings of a national postal survey of employment practices within the UK...

... in the employment relationship in return to high levels of stability and welfare/insurance compensations and guarantees for the employee, the pluralist heritage of labour law and the triangle model whose sides are the nation‐state, employers and trade unions, and the narrow conception of working time that ignored...

...Andrew Rothwell; John Arnold Purpose Employability concerns the extent to which people possess the skills and other attributes to find and stay in work of the kind they want. It is thought by many to be a key goal for individuals to aim for in managing their careers, and for organisations...

... organisational case, and offers insights into the issues involved when managing transsexual cases in the workplace. Several sets of “codes of good practice” and guidelines have been developed to assist employers deal with transsexual people in the workplace. These include guidelines from the Equal...

... entering into temporary employment; the nature and extent of the relationship between TWAs and user firms; the relationship between employment regulations and an organisation's labour use patterns of temporary workers and the HR challenges associated with ongoing and extensive use of temporary workers...

...John Burgess; Julia Connell; Chris Forde; Gary Slater Purpose To examine the experience of agency employment for workers and employers' use of agency workers in Britain to evaluate competing claims made about this form of work. Design/methodology/approach This paper draws on results from three...

... of experimentation with innovative work practices, and the piecemeal nature of workplace reform in most companies for example. Yet disagreement has occurred about how these findings should be interpreted. One view is sceptical about whether the surveys point to meaningful innovations in enterprise level employment...

...Chantal Remery; Anneke van Doorne‐Huiskes; Joop Schippers The article reports on research among Dutch employers concerning the arrangements they provide for employees to help them with the reconciliation of work and family life. The research not only answers the question of to what extent different...

...David Preece; Marcus Blosch; John Strain The paper examines a recent example of work and employment restructuring in the Royal Navy. This involved the creation of a new employment branch (the Warfare Branch) out of two former branches: the Operations Branch and the Weapon Engineering Branch...