The Relationship Between HR Practices and Firm Performance: Examining Causal Order

Significant research attention has been devoted to examining the relationship between HR practices and firm performance, and the research support has assumed HR as the causal variable. Using data from 45 business units (with 62 data points), this study examines how measures of HR practices correlate with past, concurrent, and future operational performance measures. The results indicate that correlations with performance measures at all three times are both high and invariant, and that controlling for past or concurrent performance virtually eliminates the correlation of HR with future performance. Implications are discussed

Wealth Shock and Impact of Health on Risk Aversion and Savings

This paper models the relationship between risk aversion, status of health and changes in savings among older individuals in the UK. Using responses to a unique questionnaire, we show how these factors are correlated with the decline in total savings after the markets crashed in 2000.

Labour Supply of Older Workers in the UK: Is there a Link with Pension Provisions?

Developed countries in general and the UK in particular have experienced a trend towards early retirement over the last couple of decades. As the retirement decision is commonly influenced not only by individual preferences but also by institutional arrangements, changes in pension coverage and design may lead to changes in the nature and time of retirement.

Public Transportation Operating Agencies as Employers of Choice

This Toolkit documents principles, techniques, and strategies that are used in workforce recruitment, development, and retention. The report includes a companion document, Communications Strategy and Implementation Plan, Positioning the Public Transportation Operating Agency as an Employer of Choice, that describes strategies and solutions that offer the greatest potential for positioning public transportation operating agencies as an employer of choice. The Toolkit will assist transportation policy-makers and practitioners in implementing more effective human resources business-planning processes

Watson Wyatt's response to the MFR review

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