Proponents of the resource-based view (RBV) of the firm have identified human resource management (HRM) and human capital as organizational resources that can contribute to sustainable competitive success. A number of empirical studies have documented the relationship between systems of human resource policies and practices and firm performance. The mechanisms by which HRM leads to firm perform...

Th is research examines the ex-ante optimal U.S. Social Security benefi t structure using the model developed in Nishiyama and Smetters (2007). Whereas NS2007 analyzed the effi ciency of diff erent, specifi c alternative designs of the U.S. Social Security system, the current paper attempts to derive the ex-ante best system design among a larger range of diff erent potential Social Security fo...

Software reliability may be used as a measure of the Software system‟s success in providing its function properly. Software process improvement helps in finishing with reliable software product. Software process improvement includes monitoring software development practices and actively seeking ways to increase value, reduce errors, increase productivity, and enhance the developer‟s environment...

The results are in. Recent studies conducted by an independent testing laboratory show that when it comes to acoustics, commercial cushion makes carpet even better. To specifiers and end-users, it will come as no surprise that properly specified carpet cushion reduces noise when used in a commercial installation. What will be of interest is the degree of improvement that has been quantified in ...

The researchers document the individual and workplace characteristics associated with decreased work productivity and intent to stay in nursing for nurses employed in direct patient care in the hospital setting. Factors associated with decreased work productivity were age, total years worked as a RN, quality of care provided, job stress score, having had a job injury, and having a health proble...

This paper explores the issue of choosing the best data to use when running a scheduling model to select a permanent workforce for a service facility. Because demand is assumed to vary over the day and throughout the week, the choice of the input data is crucial. If a week of low volume is selected, the solution might call for an insufficient number of workers; if a week of high volume is chose...

While many studies have been conducted into labour productivity in Western countries, similar analysis is just beginning in their Asian counterparts. In this paper, the problem of workforce turnover is examined in the context of three case study companies (two Chinese and one Singaporean), all being outsource suppliers of manufactured products with relatively similar cultural and environmental ...

While behavioral and social sciences occupations comprise one of the largest portions of the "STEM" workforce, most studies of diversity in STEM overlook this population, focusing instead on fields such as biomedical or physical sciences. This study evaluates major demographic trends and productivity in the behavioral and social sciences research (BSSR) workforce in the United States during the...

This paper examines the distribution of dentists among U.S. counties along the rural-urban continuum. Dentist workforce availability has implications for oral health care access and utilization, which in turn can affect the quality of life, health, and productivity of rural residents. In addition, dentists form part of the non-tradable services sector, and its erosion may affect the vitality of...