Relative importance of managerial skills for predicting effectiveness
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AbstractPurpose – Research testing a complex process model, incorporating moderating and mediating mechanisms associated with virtual team (VT) performance, remains rare. This paper aims to introduce...
View ArticleEducational diversity and group effectiveness: a social network perspective
AbstractPurpose – This paper sets out to test the mediating role of internal network density and external network range in the relationship between educational diversity (i.e. separation and variety)...
View ArticleWork orientations in the job demands-resources model
AbstractPurpose – This study aims to examine the role of instrumental vs intrinsic work orientations in the job demands-resources (JD-R) model. Design/methodology – Using a sample of 123 employees, the...
View ArticleTesting multidimensional models of person-group fit
AbstractPurpose – This study seeks to investigate the multidimensionality person-group (PG) fit. It first aims to examine values-based, personality-based, and KSA-based fit as distinct PG fit...
View ArticleLayoffs and Unemployment Discrimination: A New Stigma
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View ArticleContinued Organizational Identification Following Involuntary Job Loss
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View ArticleJob Search Behaviors Among African-Americans
AbstractPurpose - Purpose- Research suggests that both internal and external resources are important in determining the level and intensity of job search behaviors among unemployed individuals....
View ArticleA CLOSE CALL: PERCEPTIONS OF ALTERNATIVE HR ARRANGEMENTS TO LAYOFFS
AbstractPurpose - Drawing on the concept of psychological contract and organizational justice, this exploratory case study examines how companies’ attempts to handle layoff pressures with alternative...
View ArticleEmployability, Well-Being and Job Satisfaction Following a Job Loss
AbstractPurpose - This paper investigates changes in psychological well-being over time for individuals who experienced a career disruption in the form of a company closing, and examines the...
View ArticleLayoffs and unemployment discrimination: a new stigma
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of the paper is to discuss and seek a better understanding of the stigmatization of unemployed workers who have been laid off. Design/methodology/approach– This is a...
View ArticleContinued organizational identification following involuntary job loss
AbstractPurpose– Continued identification with a former employer may provide valuable self-enhancement during transition, or it may highlight unsettling self-discontinuity. This study seeks to develop...
View ArticleJob search behaviors among African-Americans
AbstractPurpose– Research suggests that both internal and external resources are important in determining the level and intensity of job search behaviors among unemployed individuals. Specifically, an...
View ArticleA close call: perceptions of alternative HR arrangements to layoffs
AbstractPurpose– Drawing on the concept of psychological contract and organizational justice, this exploratory case study seeks to examine how companies' attempts to handle layoff pressures with...
View ArticleEmployability, well-being and job satisfaction following a job loss
AbstractPurpose– This paper aims to investigate changes in psychological well-being over time for individuals who experienced a career disruption in the form of a company closing, and to examine the...
View ArticleIntroduction to the special issue on job loss
AbstractPurpose– The primary purpose of this article is to raise awareness about the need for additional research on job loss. It also aims to provide an introduction to the special issue, and a...
View ArticleProbing into Commitment’s Nonlinear Relationships to Work Outcomes
AbstractPurpose - This study investigates the possibility of curvilinear patterns of relationships between workplace affective commitment and in-role performance, organizational citizenship behaviors...
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