The rise in zero hours contracts in liberal market economies (LMEs) has recently received much attention with calls for regulation to protect workers. LMEs typically adopt flexible labour market policies that are less ...

Psychological processes (e.g. cognition, motivation, emotions) have emerged as key to understanding entrepreneurial actions and success. Currently, we do not know enough about specific entrepreneurial psychological ...

Shop stewards as workplace union representatives provide protection for workers concerning problems with their treatment by management at their workplace. This study set out to examine shop steward representation and the ...

This paper critically examines the literature dealing with the British Information and Consultation of Employees (ICE) Regulations (2004). It is argued that notwithstanding significant academic interest, the implications ...

This paper examines the use of "double breasting" as a means of union avoidance among multinational companies (MNCs). Double breasting refers to the practice whereby multi-establishment organizations simultaneously ...

Location-specific assets and spatial attributes of foreign direct investment (FDI) are increasingly identified as an important condition for successful economic activity. Drawing upon a nascent interdisciplinary theoretical ...

Work and organisational psychologists have much to offer the world of business. This article addresses the value that research into creativity, primarily investigated by psychologists, has to the field of innovation, more ...

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to focus on personal and social background factors as potential channels for the transmission of work related attitudes in young adults. The paper aims to examine the extent to which ...

The financial crisis has highlighted the impact of human failure on a global scale. The financial crisis has illuminated the individual, organizational, institutional and societal impact of dysfunctional or dark side ...

Much of the literature identifies the positive nature of role models in career progression. In this paper we take the contrary perspective and explore whether role modelling behaviour of senior female managers can be ...