Abstracts » Business, general

Complexities and controversies in linking HRM with organizational outcomes

Article Abstract:

Research with various UK businesses shows many successful organizations do not maintain the highest human resource management (HRM) standards, and there is often discrepancy between practice and intention. Measuring the interrelationship between organizational performance and HRM may not be relevant without also accounting for informal organization.

Statistical Data Included, Human resource management, Goal setting

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Employer policies and organizational commitment in Britain, 1992-97

Article Abstract:

Many British employers claimed, through much of the 1990s, to emphasize employee commitment. Although some changes in controls over performance, skill level, and various employee involvement encouraged greater commitment, these were strongly offset by significant declines in discretion employees were permitted to exercise about their work.

Social aspects, Manpower policy, Commitment (Psychology)

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Teleworking: frameworks for organizational research

Article Abstract:

Teleworking, or telecommuting, is one of the most radical departures from traditional employment that continues to gain wide acceptance. The authors offer a relevant framework for conceptualizing teleworking and develop a model with several propositions about adopting different teleworking forms.

Telecommuting

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