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Due responsibility and true responsibility: a moderated‐mediation model linking green‐harmonious human resource practice to employee organizational citizenship behavior Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2024-03-09 Fuqiang Zhao, Hanqiu Zhu, Yun Chen
Enterprises have sought to explore appropriate human resource practices to cope with sustainability problems caused by increasingly severe environmental pollution and the imbalance of interest among multiple stakeholders. Our study tries to address this issue by systematically conceptualizing the construct of green‐harmonious human resource practice (GH‐HRP) and exploring how and when GH‐HRP promotes
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Fragmentation of employment relationships, fragmentation of working time: the nature of work and employment of platform takeaway riders and implications for decent work in China Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2024-02-17 Xiliang Feng, Fang Lee Cooke, Chenhui Zhao
This paper critically examines the notion of working time flexibility of platform takeaway riders and its impact on them in China. Drawing on 25 interviews with platform and takeaway delivery company managers and takeaway riders as well as secondary data, the study finds that the management model adopted by the platform companies and their agency companies often encourages riders to extend their working
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Gender and cross-boundary mobility preferences: the moderating effects of organisational and occupational contexts Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2023-12-08 Jiali Duan, Sunghoon Kim, Zhong-Xing Su
The role of gender in career mobility is a major practical and scholarly concern. Drawing on boundaryless career literature and social role theory, we examined whether gender influences employees' psychological mobility, whether this influence varies depending on the nature of career boundaries (the boundaries of job, organisation and industry) and whether it is contingent on organisational or occupational
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Could the 4-day week work? A scoping review Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2023-11-03 Tesha Jahal, E Anne Bardoel, John Hopkins
The 4-day work week (4DWW) was popularised in the 1970s, but has recently gained significant global attention again, with a growing number of organisations experimenting with the 4DWW in response to increasing demand for more flexible work arrangements (FWA) in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. The emergence of generative AI tools like ChatGPT, with their potential to support worktime reduction
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In what ways are HR analytics and artificial intelligence transforming the healthcare sector? Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2023-10-13 Jillian Cavanagh, Patricia Pariona-Cabrera, Beni Halvorsen
Our Special Issue is focused on the healthcare sector relevant to the Asia Pacific region, including hospitals, aged care facilities, allied health, doctors, nurses, management and administration staff and all services associated with the healthcare industry. There are a range of issues that impact on healthcare including the growing use of health services during the pandemic, emergency situations
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Diversity climate: discrimination against skilled migrants in recruitment Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2023-10-05 Thi Tuyet Tran, Nuttawuth Muenjohn, Roslyn Cameron, Alan Montague, Shea Fan
Management literature suggests that diverse experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds are crucial to innovation in modern organisations. However, in practice, distinctive backgrounds and experiences may be subject to discrimination, which can act as barriers to securing employment. This study involved 62 in-depth interviews, 50 with skilled migrants (SMs) and 12 with recruiters, exploring discrimination
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Subjective well-being, COVID-19 and financial strain following job loss: stretching the role of human resource management to focus on human sustainability beyond the workplace Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2023-07-03 Zahid Hameed, Thomas Noel Garavan, Rana Muhammad Naeem, Muhammad Burhan, Muhammad Farrukh Moin, Thomas McCabe
The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic resulted in significant negative consequences for employee well-being across the globe, including job loss leading to significant financial strain. Job loss and financial strain have important implications for the role of human resource management (HRM) in achieving human sustainability beyond the employment relationship given that decreased subjective well-being
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Analyzing the impact of artificial intelligence on employee productivity: the mediating effect of knowledge sharing and well-being Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2023-06-29 Fatima Shaikh, Gul Afshan, Rana Salman Anwar, Zuhair Abbas, Khalil Ahmed Chana
Following social cognitive theory, the current study investigated the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on employees' productivity in the healthcare sector. AI significantly facilitates the management of hospitals to vigilantly assess employees’ productivity and accurately analyze employees' characteristics, such as attitude, emotion and behavior. With the underlying mechanism of employee mental
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Expenditures on human resource development and firm financial performance: from the resource orchestration perspective Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2023-06-12 Kwang-Ho Kim
Firms spend enormous amounts of resources for human resource development (HRD) based on the belief that HRD contributes to firm performance by enhancing employees' capabilities. However, whether investment in HRD actually creates value to firms is inconclusive. We explore whether and when a firm's HRD investment pays off by investigating the relationship between the monetary amount spent for HRD and
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How does supervisor developmental feedback make employees sense the meaning of work? Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2023-06-02 Yuqi Zhang, Chunping Tan, Na Wang
This article used 677 questionnaires obtained by stratified sampling as a sample and used the hierarchical regression analysis method and the bootstrap method to analyze the data. Based on Self-Determination Theory, this article integrated the Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) situation to explore the mechanism of supervisor developmental feedback on employees' work meaningfulness. The results showed that
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The complexities of employee voice within a multiculturally diverse aged care workforce setting Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2023-05-24 Adrian Wilkinson, Susan Ressia, Paula K Mowbray
The study of employee voice has primarily focused on mainstream settings (the public sector, manufacturing and larger organisations) within Western countries, where the design of employee voice mechanisms occurs within the context of standard employees (e.g. white, Anglo-Saxon and heterosexual persons) (Greene 2015, Finding a Voice at Work? New Perspectives on Employee Relations, 67–91). This article
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Factors and key interactions influencing successful employment outcomes for people with disabilities Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2023-05-24 Paul Ikutegbe, Melanie Randle, Lynnaire Sheridan, Robert Gordon, Sara Dolnicar
Responding to the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities, many countries are trying to improve economic and social participation for people with disabilities. Yet, workforce participation remains substantially lower for people with disabilities than for people without disabilities. Building on a recently developed model of factors that influence mainstream employment outcomes for people
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Improving employee outcomes in the remote working context: a time-lagged study on digital-oriented training, work-to-family conflict and empowering leadership Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2023-05-02 Nhat Tan Pham, Tran Hoang Tuan, Vo Thi Ngoc Thuy, Hung Trong Hoang, Giang Hoang
Drawing on social exchange theory, this study develops a research framework that highlights the moderating role of empowering leadership and the link between digital-oriented training programs and employee outcomes in the context of remote work. We conducted a study utilizing the time-lagged research design. Data were collected from 259 supervisor–employee dyads working in companies located in different
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Traditional, transitional and new performance management practices in Australian organisations: incidence, coverage and perceived effectiveness Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2023-04-25 John Shields, Sunghoon Kim, Anjali Chhetri, Pauline Stanton, Alan Nankervis
The shortcomings of traditional performance management practices (PMS) are widely acknowledged. There is growing interest in ‘New Performance Management’, suggesting a shift from an evaluative to a developmental focus. In Australia, little is known about the current utilisation of both ‘old’ and ‘new’ practices. Using survey data from Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI) members we examine the
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COVID in Australia: HR managers' challenges and opportunities Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2023-04-19 Julie Connell, John Burgess, Roslyn Larkin
Transitions to working from home due to the COVID pandemic led to a proliferation of literature and industry reports on changed work practices. However, this study set out to advance understanding of how human resource professionals managed the crises – adding to the limited literature on this perspective. Data was collected during late 2020/early 2021 through interviews with human resource professionals
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Smartdevice use in a COVID-19 world: Exploring work–family conflict and turnover intentions Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2023-04-05 Simon Wilkinson, Jarrod Haar
Technology has made life more complex, and mobile working (mWork) captures the way employees’ smart-device use (e.g. smartphones, laptops etc.) can facilitate working during family time at home and what the effects of this use are. Engaging in mWork is expected to be detrimental to employee outcomes. In this study, mWork is explored as it relates to turnover intentions and work–family and family–work
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The effects of congruence between digital HRM systems and previous non-digital HRM systems on firms' data-driven insights Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2023-03-17 Yu Zhou, Yunqing Zou
Although the application of digital technology has long been considered to be an important and integral trend in human resource management (HRM), emerging evidence hints that digital HRM systems may not always work well in practice, and increasing research suggests that the adoption of digital HRM systems might have negative effects on organizations. In this article, we investigate whether a match
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The potential influence of prior work experience on unfair dismissal arbitration decisions related to employee misconduct: an exploratory study of decision styles Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2023-01-20 Kim Southey, Bernadette Lynch, Dennis Rose, Abdul Hafeez-Baig
This article reports on an exploratory aspect of a larger study that examines unfair dismissal arbitration decisions relating to misconduct derived dismissals made by Australia's federal industrial tribunal. The central proposition explored is that an association occurs between the arbitrator's work history and their decision to overturn a dismissal. The arbitrators' previous occupations were classified
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Complementary effects of high-performance work systems and temporal leadership on employee creativity: a social embeddedness perspective of thriving Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2023-01-12 Yu Zhou, Guoyang Zheng, Guangjian Liu, Zhipeng Zhang
Studies on how high-performance work systems (HPWS) enhance employee creativity are primarily based on relationship- and motivation-related theories, while some scholars have argued that HPWS may promote performance at the expense of employee well-being. Based primarily on a social embeddedness framework of thriving, this study introduces the human dimension of the sustainability perspective and investigates
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Control HRM and employee creativity: a curvilinear moderated mediation model Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2023-01-03 Yiqi Wu, Qinxuan Gu
Drawing on social information processing theory (SIP) and activation theory, this study theorizes a curvilinear moderated mediation model that links employee-experienced control human resource management (control HRM) and employee creativity. Using multisource data from 814 employees and 157 supervisors, we find that employee-experienced control HRM has an inverted U-shaped relationship with employee
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Examining the effects of male candidates' gender nonconformity on employment decisions Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2022-12-29 Yingming Li, Xuhua Wei
Our research aimed to explore how interviewers perceive male candidates' gender nonconformity during job interviews and how job type may play a role in the process. Based on role congruity theory, we propose that male candidates' gender nonconformity negatively affects employment decisions through cognitive and affective processes (i.e. perceived expectancy violation and likability). Further, based
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Examining the need for HR analytics to better manage and mitigate incidents of violence against nurses and personal care assistants in aged care Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2022-12-13 Patricia Pariona-Cabrera, Jillian Cavanagh, Beni Halvorsen
In this study we argue that human resource (HR) analytics is critical to examine the interconnectedness between human resource management and human capital. The focus is on HR in the aged care sector and the employment, performance management and retention of nursing and personal care assistant staff. What HR fails to achieve in the aged care sector is to protect staff against violence in the workplace
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Does competitive climate at work lead to problems at home? Examination of mediating pathways Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2022-12-09 Arpana Rai, Minseo Kim, Terry A. Beehr
Drawing from Conservation of Resources theory, the present study examines a serial mediation model in which competitive climate predicts work-to-family conflict via two mediators – first, excessive and compulsive workaholism, and then emotional exhaustion. As organizations may differ in terms of their competitive climate, we test our model based on data collected from public (Study 1) and private (Study
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A meta-analysis of the antecedents of employee willingness to expatriate Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2022-10-10 Chun-Hsiao Wang, Arup Varma, Li-Shu Hung, Pei-Yu Wu
Expatriates play a critical role in the long-term success of global organizations; however, expatriate assignments are risky endeavors, and not all employees are keen on such opportunities. Thus, it is critical that we examine the antecedents of employee willingness to expatriate. In this first such meta-analysis, we drew on data from 55 studies (published in English and Traditional Chinese), and identified
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Decent work and proactive behaviors: a moderated chain mediation model Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2022-10-04 Xinyi Sheng, Hao Zhou
Decent work is eagerly expected by employees. The improvement of decent work requires the cooperation of business enterprises. This study explores the benefits of decent work on organizational outcomes through stimulating employees' proactive behaviors: taking charge and voice behavior. The findings are conductive to the achievement of decent work and create a win-win situation. Building on social
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Impact of artificial intelligence in human resource management: a qualitative study in the Malaysian context Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2022-10-02 Rani Angammah Sithambaram, Farzana Parveen Tajudeen
This study examines the usage and impact of artificial intelligence (AI) in HRM among 12 companies located in Malaysia. In-depth interviews were conducted with the companies' representatives. Thematic analysis was applied to analyze the data. Results showed that AI in HRM was mainly used for recruitment, talent management, HR shared service operations, learning and development, reporting and analytics
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Human resource development for community development: lessons from a sport-for-development program in rural India Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2022-10-01 Biju Philip, Emma-Louise Seal, Susan Philip
This article aims to contribute to the application of human resources systems and practices in a sport-for-development program for community development. Using a qualitative research approach, this study collected a series of data over a period of 24 months in a rural community setting in India. This article reveals that inputs such as soccer peer-coaching knowledge and opportunities for training not
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Capabilities and competencies for digitised human resource management: perspectives from Australian HR professionals Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2022-09-28 Alan R Nankervis, Roslyn Cameron
This research aimed to identify the HR strategies and functions most likely to be affected by emerging digital technologies and explores the competencies and capabilities required by present and future HR professionals to transform these changing functions. Further, it analyses the developmental roles of educational institutions and professional associations in equipping HR professionals for this transition
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Work, life and COVID-19: a rapid review and practical recommendations for the post-pandemic workplace Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2022-09-28 Xi Wen Chan, Sudong Shang, Paula Brough, Adrian Wilkinson, Chang-qin Lu
Remote working because of the COVID-19 pandemic has eroded boundaries between work and home, necessitating the need to evaluate the long-term impacts of these changes and mitigate any negative effects on workers' work-life experiences. To do so, we reviewed and examined work-life research published since the start of the pandemic. The review yielded a sample of 303 work-life scholarly articles, with
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The structure of ownership and control in organizations: does organizational identification attenuate the relationships of work-to-family conflict and job strain with job search behavior? Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2022-08-16 Rhokeun Park, Minseo Kim, Terry A Beehr
Based on conservation of resources theory, this study investigates how work-to-family conflict may lead to job strain and job search behavior. Using social identity theory, it also examines how organizational identification and worker cooperatives influence the relationships of both work-to-family conflict and job strain with job search behavior. Using a longitudinal data set of 305 employees in 25
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Wellness programs and employee outcomes: the role of HR attributions Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2022-08-09 Michelle N. Smidt, Nerina L. Jimmieson, Lisa M. Bradley, Martin R. Edwards
Drawing on the tenets of job demands-resources and conservation of resources theories, it is suggested that HR attributions about wellness programs hold ‘job resource potential’, irrespective of actual participation. It is proposed positive (commitment, compliance) and negative (control, image) attributions about the organization's motivation for offering a wellness program predict employee outcomes
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Does gender matter? The trickle-down effect of voluntary green behavior in organizations Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2022-08-04 Xiaojing Shao, Yuan Jiang, Liyan Yang, Li Zhang
Despite numerous evidence for the leader's role in facilitating employees' green behavior, few studies have delved into the intervening mechanisms of the trickle-down effect transmitting green behavior from leaders to their subordinates. Drawing on social learning theory, we explicate a trickle-down process for voluntary green behavior from leaders to subordinates through leaders' green role model
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Promoting pro-environmental behavior through organizational identity and green organizational climate Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2022-07-27 Hina Zafar, Jo Ann Ho, Jun-Hwa Cheah, Rosmah Mohamed
This study was conducted to explore the influence of green human resource practices on employees' voluntary pro-environmental behavior through the sequential mediation path of green organizational climate and organizational identity. A total of 459 employees from the textile industry in Pakistan participated in the study. The results were collected using two sources (managers and employees) at two
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Japanese self-initiated expatriates' adjustment to Indian assignments: the role of traditional values Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2022-07-27 Ashok Ashta, Peter Stokes
The purpose of the study was to enhance understanding of how self-initiated expatriates (SIE) adjust to new cultural contexts in the under-explored Indo-Japanese inter-Asian context. A literature review identified that Asian focal case studies are under-developed, especially regarding the important interactions between major advanced Asian economy and emerging Asian economy settings. Therefore, the
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Using smart technology to enhance the employee well-being of paramedics Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2022-06-22 Lara Thynne, Peter Holland, Julian Vieceli, Tse Leng Tham
This paper addresses the increasingly important issue of well-being of Paramedics, the frontline of our health system, not least during a pandemic. Using e-diaries, this research identifies the stress this workforce is under and the need to address these issues. We argue that the use of smart technologies is a critical advancement in helping identify well-being issues in real time. In enabling this
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Autism in the Australian workplace: the employer perspective Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2022-05-26 Benjamin Wen, Henriette van Rensburg, Shirley O’Neill, Tony Attwood
Autistic adults face alarmingly high rates of unemployment and underemployment. There is limited research regarding employers’ capacity to support autistic persons, how to better understand employers’ needs and their key role in employment processes. In this employer-focused qualitative study, 14 Australian employers and nine professional experts were interviewed in depth. The identified themes were
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Performance appraisal quality and employee performance: the boundary conditions of human resource strength and religiosity Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2022-05-07 Sumbal Babar, Asfia Obaid, Karin Sanders, Hussain Tariq
This study aims to provide new insights on the boundary condition effects of human resource (HR) strength, based on the covariation principle of the attribution theory and job demand resource model. HR strength is defined as the features of an HR system that send signals to employees, allowing them to understand the desired responses and behaviors in the relationship between performance appraisal quality
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Meeting customer needs through ethical leadership and training: examining Australian bank employees Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2022-05-03 Beni Halvorsen, Timothy Bartram, Narges Kia, Jillian Cavanagh
We examine the process through which ethical leadership and ethical training contribute to the performance of employees through linking business ethics to customer orientation. Underpinned by social learning, we examine sequential mediation models of the process through which ethical climate, service climate and customer orientation mediate the relationships between ethical leadership and ethical training
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Artificial intelligence in health-care: implications for the job design of healthcare professionals Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2022-04-27 Aizhan Tursunbayeva, Maarten Renkema
The adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the healthcare sector is growing, and AI-based technologies are envisioned to affect not only patient care but also how healthcare professionals work. Nevertheless, the actual impact of various AI applications on healthcare professionals’ jobs has not been studied yet. Bringing together a framework to analyse AI applications in health-care and the job
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Sustainable human resource management: six defining characteristics Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2022-01-12 Robin Kramar
Sustainable human resource management (HRM) has been evolving for more than 15 years. It builds on strategic HRM (SHRM). Sustainable HRM is built around broad organisational goals in a number of areas, not just ‘business’ goals. Central to this approach is the link between HRM and sustainability. Sustainable HRM seeks to achieve positive economic, social, human and environmental outcomes simultaneously
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Managing human resources in information technology and business process offshoring firms operating in Asia: a literature review toward theoretically and contextually grounded research Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2021-12-09 Alfred Presbitero, Mendiola Teng-Calleja, Ma. Regina M. Hechanova
The information technology and business process (IT&BP) offshoring sector in Asia continues to experience internal challenges and pressures from the external environment that lead to employee attrition. Despite the many human resources (HR)-related interventions and practices, there remains a considerable turnover rate, not just within individual firms but across the entire IT&BP offshoring industry
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HRM and the smart and dark side of technology Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2021-12-06 Peter Holland, Peter Dowling, Chris Brewster
As part of this 60th anniversary edition of the Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, this paper provides a review of the impact of technology over the last decade on the role of HRM. This period was bookended by the global financial crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic and saw the emergence of fourth industrial revolution. The decade provided a platform and maturity of a wide range of technology-based
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Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources: what has been achieved and what more can be done Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2021-12-03 Timothy Bartram, Fang Lee Cooke
The Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (APJHR) celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2022. In this 60th anniversary issue, we provide a brief overview of the APJHR and its recent developments. We outline a few thematic areas, with indicative research questions that would facilitate researchers to extend the field of HRM research with policy relevance and societal impact in the Asia Pacific, drawing
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Detrimental effects of work overload on knowledge hiding in competitive organisational climates Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2021-11-09 Yunita Sofyan, Dirk De Clercq, Yufan Shang
This article addresses unexplored questions related to why and when employees’ experience of work overload might spur their knowledge hiding behaviour, in a process mediated by family-unfriendly time demands and moderated by a competitive organisational climate. Two-wave, time-lagged data, collected from employees in multiple industries, reveal that a notable reason that excessive work pressures escalate
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Exploring the context and interface of corporate social responsibility and HRM Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2021-11-09 Harsha Sarvaiya, Jim Arrowsmith
This paper examines the interface between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and human resource management (HRM) within organisational settings. It draws on 29 interviews with senior CSR and HR professionals in 16 New Zealand organisations to explore the implications of CSR for HRM. Findings indicate that the pursuit of CSR can support HR strategy and practice because of functional complementarities
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Doing the right thing: HRM in the performing arts Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2021-10-23 Stanley Opara, Pauline Stanton
This article reports on a qualitative study exploring HRM practices in three Australian performing arts companies of different sizes. We focus on the strength of the HRM system by exploring the concepts of distinctiveness, consistency and consensus from the perspectives of key stakeholders. We found, first, weak and largely invisible HR systems in all three companies due to an industry focused on financial
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Promoting green performance through green human resource practices and green servant leadership Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2021-10-21 Adil Mansoor, Muhammad Farrukh, Sarwat Jahan, Jong-Keon Lee, Sazali Abd Wahab
Previous studies have analysed the effect of human resource (HR) practices on organisational green performance. However, this study provides a more robust analysis by highlighting the synergetic impact of green HR practices and green organisational strategies (green management initiatives) on firms' environmental performance. Moreover, this research also identifies the role of green servant leadership
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Victim or master of HRM implementation: the frontline manager conundrum Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2021-10-11 Keith Townsend, Tony Dundon, Kenneth Cafferkey, Jennifer Kilroy
This article reflects on the evolution of the frontline manager as an important anchor in the exploration and debate of human resource management. An earlier theoretical lens presented in the Asia-Pacific region is given fresh influence through a review of recent literature. Ultimately, the review extends the contribution of the frontline management ‘master and victim’ conundrum to an explanatory framework
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Pivoting after almost 50 years of SHRM research: toward a stakeholder view Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2021-10-07 Patrick M Wright, Adam L Steinbach
Early in the history of the Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) literature, writers frequently discussed stakeholders to the organization that were relevant to the Human Resources (HR) function. However, over the years the field narrowed its focus to be primarily, if not solely, on one stakeholder: the shareholders. While many authors have paid lip-service to the fact that other stakeholders
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How HR systems are implemented matters: high-performance work systems and employees’ thriving at work Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2021-09-30 Man Cao, Shuming Zhao, Yunfei Xu
Given that thriving at work has been shown to be positively related to favorable outcomes, such as increased performance, proactivity, and creativity, it has received increasing attention in current literature. However, knowledge about whether and how high-performance work systems elicit thriving at work remains limited. Thus, drawing on HRM system strength theory and the socially embedded model of
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Gender (in)equality in Australia: good intentions and unintended consequences Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2021-09-30 Carol T Kulik
Gender inequality is a complex problem with multiple interrelated indicators (e.g. underrepresentation of women in leadership roles, gender pay gaps). Our academic community has been following a three-step ‘script’ to motivate organisations to act on gender inequality: we document the inequality, we build a business case for equality, and we advocate solutions to correct inequality. But too often,
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International and comparative human resource management: an Asia-Pacific perspective Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2021-09-24 Helen De Cieri, Karin Sanders, Caihui (Veronica) Lin
In this paper, we review articles in the research field of international and comparative human resource management (HRM), published in Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources since the journal’s inception in the 1960s. Our review is based on 155 articles, including 43 conceptual, opinion, editorial, and review articles, and 112 empirical studies, and examines the trends over decades by examining four
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Greg JBamber, Fang LeeCooke, VirginiaDoellgast and Chris FWright (eds) (2021) International and comparative employment relations. SAGE, 406 pages. Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2021-09-14 Julian Teicher
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Fostering the high-involvement model of human resource management: what have we learnt and what challenges do we face? Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2021-09-02 Peter Boxall, Meng-Long Huo
The high-involvement model of human resource management (HRM) is seen as offering major benefits to organisations, employees and societies through enhancing employee motivation, enabling people to reach more of their potential, and producing better quality and innovation. However, it would be a mistake to imagine that we can stimulate more of it by simply ‘turning up the volume’ on its virtues. In
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Inclusive leadership, matured age HRM practices and older worker wellbeing Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2021-08-17 Stephen TT Teo, Tim A Bentley, Diep Nguyen, Kate Blackwood, Bevan Catley
The influence of the work environment on psychological wellbeing is an important consideration for organisations to motivate and retain older workers. This study examines how organisational factors can enhance older workers’ psychological wellbeing. Drawing on the Conservation of Resources Theory, we propose that the interaction of two organisational factors, inclusive leadership, and mature-age human
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HRM system strength and employee well-being: the role of internal process and open systems Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2021-06-25 Margaret Heffernan, Kenneth Cafferkey, Brian Harney, Keith Townsend, Tony Dundon
This article draws on HRM system strength to further a process-based understanding of how HRM can impact employee well-being. The research contributes to new understanding using internal process climate as a mediator in the HR system strength and employee well-being relationship. In order to capture external influences, we also explore moderation in the form of open systems climate, thereby adding
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Russell D.Lansbury (2021) Crossing boundaries: Work and industrial relations in perspective. Routledge, London and New York. Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2021-05-31 Mark Bray
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The impact of ability-, motivation- and opportunity-enhancing strategic human resource management on performance: the mediating roles of emotional capability and intellectual capital Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2021-05-24 Shuwen Li, Ruiqain Jia, Juergen H. Seufert, Wenan Hu, Jinlian Luo
We used data from 441 managers of science and technology enterprises to empirically test the dynamic capability path and resource-based path of ability-enhancing, motivation-enhancing and opportunity-enhancing (AMO) strategic human resource management as influencing factors on performance. The results show that AMO-enhancing strategic human resource management affects organizational performance through
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Developing the capacity for a proactively self-managed career: an analysis of aspiring new-generation employees in Japan Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2021-04-27 Matthias Hennings, Ying Zhu, Robert van der Veen
In Japan there is a significant mismatch between the skills new-generation employees possess and the skills employers expect, with Japanese employers reporting a lower average satisfaction with graduate skills than that reported globally. By drawing on the concepts of ‘future work self’ and ‘proactive career behaviour’, this paper compares and contrasts the similarities and differences between Japanese
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Introduction to the symposium ‘Transforming our future: a new social contract at work’? Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (IF 3.426) Pub Date : 2021-04-20 Russell D Lansbury
Contributors to this symposium argue that a new social contract at work is needed to ensure that the mutual expectations of workers, employers and communities can be achieved in relation to work and employment relationships. Russell Lansbury advocates that this should be built on three pillars: full employment, revitalisation of post-secondary education and industrial relations reforms. Glenn O’Rourke