Human Resource Flexibility as a Mediating Variable Between High Performance Work Systems and Performance

Much of the human resource management literature has demonstrated the impact of high performance work systems (HPWS) on organizational performance. A new generation of studies is emerging in this literature that recommends the inclusion of mediating variables between HPWS and organizational performance. The increasing rate of dynamism in competitive environments suggests that measures of employee adaptability should be included as a mechanism that may explain the relevance of HPWS to firm competitiveness. On a sample of 226 Spanish firms, the study’s results confirm that HPWS influences performance through its impact on the firm’s human resource (HR) flexibility

Need assessment on lifestyle modification intervention for colorectal cancer survivors

Conference Theme: Be a Transformer: Your Role in Leading Evidence-based Practice & Health PolicyThe 12th Annual Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Conference, Phoenix, AZ., 8-10 June 2011

Checkpoint blockade cancer immunotherapy targets tumour-specific mutant antigens

Tumorimmunolog

Organizational behaviour across cultures: Theoretical and methodological issues for developing multi-level frameworks involving culture

The present article has two objectives. First, general issues for developing and testing cross cultural multi-level models such as variable identification, measurement, sampling and data analysis are discussed. A second aim is to illustrate some of these issues by developing a multi-level framework incorporating variables at an individual, organizational and national level. The goal is to explain cross cultural differences in extra-role behaviour. Based on a review of previous multi-level research and cross cultural research it is proposed that the effect of national culture on work attitudes and behaviour is mediated by organizational practices. The framework is formulated using recent recommendations for the development of multi-level models. Copyright © 2005 SAGE Publications