... © Emerald Publishing Limited 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Job mobility mindset External job mobility Human capital theory Signaling theory Job seeker outcomes Applicant selection Boundaryless careers Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM...

...Chiou-Shiu Lin; Ran Xiao; Pei-Chi Huang; Liang-Chih Huang Purpose Drawing on signaling theory, the purpose of this study is to explore how high-performance work systems (HPWS) interact with leader–member exchange (LMX) to predict employees' proactive behavior and job engagement. Moreover...

... the organization. We found that supervisor trust directly impacted subordinate affective commitment as well. Originality/value These findings help extend signaling theory from the attraction of employees to their retention and help researchers and practitioners alike to understand the organizational trust...

... communication influences the congruence and breach of the psychological contract. Design/methodology/approach The paper applies the signaling theory as a lens to develop a typology of four “ideal types” of SHRM configurations, each characterized by differences in the alignment of the HR-system...

... of the recruiter may be used as a positive signal of unknown organizational characteristics. Signaling theory suggests that applicants may use information they possess as signals of unknown organizational characteristics (Celani and Singh, 2011 ; Guerci et al., 2016 ; Jones et al., 2016). Thus...

... on an individual basis; Rousseau et al., 2006). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Qualitative Talent management Signaling theory High potential programs Psychological contract breach Strategic ambiguity Workforce differentiation Studies estimate that between 40 and 60...