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Cultural clashes in a “merger of equals”: The case of high‐tech start‐ups
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2011-09)
Mergers of equals are often considered simply symbolic. Whereas existing literature on the topic views equality as underscoring the importance of distributive justice, power, or identity, the role of culture remains ...
From Partners to Players: Extending the HR Playing Field
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2001)
HR professionals must always be “becoming” or constantly changing and adapting. For the lastdecade, many have argued the business partner role as a complement to traditional HR administrative work. Weargue in this paper ...
HR's new ROI: Return on intangibles
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2005)
A new human resource ROI has been identified: return on intangibles . Intangibles represent the hidden value of a firm and are becoming an increasingly important portion of a firm's total market capitalization. Six actions ...
Time out for family: Shift work, fathers, and sports
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2008)
Shift work is a fact of life for many workers. Almost one in six full-time hourly and salary employees works a shift outside the 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. window that researchers use to define the temporal bounds of the traditional ...
Inducing Employees to Leave: A Comparison of Four Severance Options
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2013-03)
This study examines the demographic, economic, and psychographic characteristics of 324 blue‐collar workers who were offered four options for either retirement or severance from the organization. Consistent with previous ...
If HR were really strategically proactive: Present and future directions in HR's contribution to competitive advantage
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1999)
Current business conditions mandate greater competitive advantage from HR agendas and processes. To add greater competitive advantage, HR must contribute strategic value against criteria from customer and capital markets. ...
Higher knowledge for higher aspirations
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2005)
With escalating expectations and opportunities for HR professionals to add greater value comes the mandate for greater knowledge about the fundamental driving forces of business. Business leaders and employees increasingly ...
The State of the HR Profession
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2013-05)
We want to create a new narrative about the human resource (HR) profession. HR professionals have often been plagued with self‐doubts, repeatedly re‐exploring HR's role, value, and competencies. If HR is to fully (and ...