Tight labour markets and changing employment relationships make employees with high levels of firm-specific knowledge, skills, and abilities less dependent on and committed to their employer. Companies need to work harder in order to attract and retain employees and protect their mutual human capital investments. Using a dataset with survey data from employees in 11 companies (N = 777), the present study shows evidence that employee share ownership, provided that it is taken seriously as reflected by the presence of a small number of other HRM practices in the company, might be a worthwhile avenue for managers to explore.
... and the sharing of relevant information. Besides, employees might need training to learn h...-sharing, training for business literacy, a formal mechanism for the resolution of conflict...
...High literacy rates, greater life expectancies, population distr..., two-way free flow of ideas and information between the private firm and public institutions. ...
In this article, the author analyses the mission statements of 50 top Slovene enterprises which are published on the companies ' web sites. The purpose of this research is 1) to establish the degree to which the Slovene enterprises make use of their web sites to convey their mission to various stakeholders, 2) to identify the stakeholder groups that are mentioned in mission statements, and 3) to analyse the contents of these statements. My research has shown that there are some significant differences between these mission and those of other European or American companies. The reason for these differences is culturally, institutionally and historically embedded. This research indicates that, despite the processes of globalisation and regionalisation, convergence of various contents or r...
...In the contemporary information society is not just technology, which is of great ...Increasing "computer literacy" and availability of information technology has ma...
... processes by frame-setting, information and incentive programs. Indeed, the role of the st...* who lack in basic literacy and numeracy skills . * who are trainees on remedi...
... will benefit from their increased information processing capacity and, consequently, understand ...It was found that people with low literacy levels displayed higher levels of motivation than ...
With the rise of the global service economy, an understanding of the export competitiveness of nations is critical for managers seeking offshore export locations, and for government policy makers who wish to bolster the attractiveness of their nation as an exporting location. Services globalization calls into question the role of human capital investment, whose effect in past studies has been mixed. Drawing on human capital theory, this article developed three propositions and analyzed the effect of human capital investment, infrastructure, and the business environment on the export of services and goods from 25 countries from 1989 to 2003. Human capital did have a significant effect on the exports of goods and services. However, contrary to the expectations of human capital theory, hum...
...We also examine information technology and other country-specific factors that...Human capital is measured in two ways. Literacy rate is the average literacy rate of people of age...
This study examines the influence of industry and home country characteristics on domestic firm innovation investment and considers whether these relationships are more pronounced if the firm is competing in global versus multidomestic industries. Hypotheses are developed and tested using data from 625 firms in eight industries, across 31 countries. The findings generally support the hypotheses that industry structure and national context have significant direct influence on firm innovation investment. Furthermore, industry structure was found to have a more pronounced influence on firm innovation investment for global industries than for multidomestic industries.
... managers, it will provide essential information regarding factors that affect their actions, compe... are more highly developed in terms of literacy, wealth, and quality of life. This influences the ...
Although the number of flexible workers is constantly growing, little is known about career paths built up on flexible employment. In this article, we investigate the chances of former flexible workers to be employed in a permanent full-time position. In two field experiments, we asked for employers' evaluation of applicants with a flexible employment history. Results indicate that former part-time work is in fact perceived as a disadvantage for candidates when applying for a permanent full-time position while other types of flexible work (e.g., fixed term contracts, part-time work, and interorganizational mobility) are not. Implications of these results for individual careers and employers' understanding of personnel are discussed.
... decisions as market situations where information is asymmetrically distributed and decisions have t... to additional skills (e.g., computer literacy). Apart from their former career path and gender, ...
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