Abstract: Problem statement: The study aims to offer a discussion on social capital and guanxi, in order to illustrate the similarities and differences between these two concepts and how Chinese guanxi varies from Western ...

Discrete choice experiments typically assume that preference structures remain stable over time and over multiple exposures to information about choice alternatives. However, this assumption may not be valid when the study ...

This paper analyses the strategic response by HP Australia to these global challenges for business and for wider society.

Positive relationships were found between the level of devolution of operational HR activities, HR influence, strategic integration, and the performance of the HRM function. There was no relationship between the HR ...

This paper reports the findings of a study conducted in the Philippines that examines the extent of adoption of human capital-enhancing human resource (HR) and industrial relations (IR) practices. Differences between ...

We consider the issue of hubris in the Japanese mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market. Although prior research suggests that hubris should be and is less severe in the Japanese market, our findings suggest that it still ...

The World Bank placed the advance or knowledge at the centre of the world economic development in their influential annual report 'Knowledge for Development' (1998). The emergence of economies based on the production, ...

Increasing attention is being given to the role of human resource practices in the determination of organizational performance. In this paper, we discuss the human resource practices of ING Direct, a high-performing ...

This paper aims to gauge Australian HR practitioners’ level of awareness and their perceived usefulness of the exit interview process in gauging job satisfaction, commitment and voluntary labour turnover. The results ...