.... This paper aims to explore the consequences for both employers and employees of following that guidance. Design/methodology/approach The paper statistically analyzes employment data on African Americans from one large US retailer and from the US advertising industry. Findings In both cases analyzed...

...May M.L. Wong; Chris Hendry This study examines and compares the employment strategy used by Japanese and British retail companies in Hong Kong. Hendry’s structured employment systems model is adopted as the theoretical framework for this research. Three case companies – Morioka and Okadaya...

...Adelina Broadbridge This paper assesses the incidence and contribution that mentoring has to the career development of retail managers. Previous research has identified the benefits that mentoring relationships have for the protégé, the mentor and the organisation, although none have compared...

...Lloyd C. Harris; Emmanuel Ogbonna This article demonstrates the usefulness of applying the multiperspective framework developed by Martin (1992) to the analyses of organizational culture. The paper presents empirical evidence derived from the UK retail sector to illustrate that the culture...

..., evaluation is needed to assess whether users are learning effectively and are able to put their new knowledge into practice in the workplace. In this article, we shall draw on data collected during a year-long evaluation (1988) of the open learning training available to the employees of a major retailer...