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propagated as a key means to improve the performance of firms. It is argued that becoming more lean and internationally focused …'s performance. The analysis reveals that for this sample of firms global sourcing is the exception rather than the rule. Although … performance. International outsourcing can not be used to adequately explain firm performance. Therefore, an alternative approach …
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The Three-Step Test-Interview (TSTI) is an instrument for pretesting a self-completion questionnaire by observing actual instances of interaction between the instrument and respondents (the response process). Because this process mainly consists of cognitive processing (‘thinking’) and is...
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The music industry is currently subject to changes influenced by ongoing digitalisation and informatization that are unprecedented. Other sectors can expect to undergo in the near future what the media industry is going through now – the movie industry being a prime suspect. Each day, some...
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Reflexivity -the extent to which teams reflect upon and modify their functioning- has been identified as a possible key factor in the effectiveness of work teams. The aim of the present study was to develop a questionnaire to measure (aspects of) reflexivity, with a focus on team reflection. The...
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of several young and attractive males or females. The results show that when the supervisor was a female, the performance …
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To fully understand the relationship between human resource management and performance in different contexts, we are in … policies in a specific company. In this way the paper broadens the present HRM and Performance debate by explicitly taking into …
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Human resource management (HRM) does matter! Prior empirical research, summarized and classified in the work of Delery and Doty (1996), Guest (1997) and Boselie et al. (2000), suggests significant impact of HRM on the competitive advantage of organizations. The mainstream research on this topic...
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The relationship between Human Resource Management (HRM) and performance of the firm has been a hot debated topic in … performance is in a Dutch setting mitigated by institutions and stakeholders inside and outside the organization. …
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Learning is a vital issue for small business starters, contributing to short term and long term business performance …, learning opportunities and learning behaviours are related to three outcome measures: a performance outcome (goal achievement …
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The relationship between Human Resource Management (HRM) and firm performance has been a hotly debated topic over the …
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