This article begins by discussing how the role of human resource management has changed in recent years, and the implications of this for human resource departments. Providing employees with the information they require about their employment relationship is then explored by investigating how information technology can improve the quality of this information flow. The role of employee self-serv...

IES’s research has defined engagement, created an engagement measure and provided an engagement diagnostic tool. We have established that our measure and diagnostic tool work well in a variety of settings and sectors, and identified the major challenges that must be faced by organisations wishing to reap the benefits of high engagement levels. Raising engagement levels, and maintaining them, ta...

Based on data from 1,357 Canadian private sector workplaces, this study found no support for the argument that formal employee participation is a universal “best practice.” However, it found considerable support for the contingency and configurational perspectives, as there were significant interactions between employee participation and business strategy, and between employee participation and...

This paper illustrates the similarities between the problems of customer churn and employee turnover. An example of employee turnover prediction model leveraging classical machine learning techniques is developed. Model outputs are then discussed to design & test employee retention policies. This type of retention discussion is, to our knowledge, innovative and constitutes the main value of thi...

One potential way that healthy organizations can impact employee health is by promoting a climate for health within the organization. Using a definition of health climate that includes support for health from multiple levels within the organization, this study examines whether all three facets of health climate--the workgroup, supervisor, and organization--work together to contribute to employe...

Employee portals are collaborative information systems that are utilized by many companies to improve information exchange, communication, and employee collaboration, as well as to better support their business processes. Although some studies investigate single aspects of portal success, the critical success factors of how employee portals help their users become more productive have to date n...

The present study examines antecedents and consequences of two aspects of mindfulness in a work setting: employee awareness and employee absent-mindedness. Using two samples, the study found these two aspects of mindfulness to be beneficially associated with employee well-being, as measured by emotional exhaustion, job satisfaction, and psychological need satisfaction, and with job performance,...

John Remmers, MD, University of Calgary, Calgary Canada Conflict of interest: Zephyr Sleep Technologies employee and share holder Shouresh Charkhandeh, DDS, The Snore Center, Calgary Canada Conflict of interest: Zephyr Sleep Technologies share holder Joshua Grosse, MMath, Zephyr Sleep Technologies, Calgary Canada Conflict of interest: Zephyr Sleep Technologies employee and share holder Zbigniew...

This research explores the cause variables, which affect employee involvement via diverse orientations. That is to say, it studies the relationship and effect of individual characteristic of personality traits, organizational climate of perspective of Chinese society relationship orientation, and internal marketing upon employee involvement. The population is based upon five companies from the ...

1. Manager enters their assessment of employee’s performance in the form. o Section I rates each performance standard and adds comments as appropriate. o Section II (Optional) – rates and enters comments for each performance goal. o Section III – rates the employee’s overall performance. Enter comments/assessment of their overall performance. 2. Manager sends the performance appraisal with thei...