Own-race effect is the phenomenon that individuals are better able to recognize the faces of people from their own race than the faces of people from other races. Sporer (2001) suggests that other-race faces may activate a categorization response, which may divert one’s attention away and in turn hurt the recognition of these faces (ingroup/out-group model). In the current study, we manipulated...

In this paper we test the HRM/union substitution hypothesis that human resource management (HRM) practices act as a substitute for unionization. We use British workplace data between 1980 and 1998 which allows us to examine for the first time whether increased HRM incidence has coincided with union decline. First, we compare changes over time in the incidence of HRM practices across union and n...

This study examines the effect of a community-based work experience program Work for the Dole (WfD) on transitions out of unemployment in Australia. To evaluate the WfD program a quasi-experimental exact matching approach is applied. Justification for the matching approach is a ‘natural experiment’ limits on WfD project funding that it is argued constituted a source of random assignment to the ...

T here has been a growing awareness of the importance of human resource management (HRM) in tbe global arena and a greater understanding of its international dimensions. This trend is reflected in the "evolution" of texts such as those by Dowling and his colleagues.' However, more "traditional" international HRM (IHRM) texts define the area too narrowly and descriptively, with little backing in...

A network effect exists in many industries (e.g., newspaper publishing, media, software) in which a seller sells both a primary and a secondary product (e.g., a newspaper publisher sells newspapers to readers and advertising space to advertisers), and the value of the secondary product depends on the size of the user base of the primary product. This paper examines the competitive implications ...

This Article addresses cross-cultural dynamics in small claims court mediations in Oklahoma City (1 million population). Through the study of about 300 cases, the author concludes that (1) minority status may not matter as much as gender, (2) neither gender nor minority status may matter as much as socio-economic class, and (3) well-constructed and constantly monitored mediator training and sup...

As part of the European PROLIX (Process Oriented Learning and Information eXchange) project, VUB STARLab designed a generic ontologybased data matching framework (ODMF). Within the project, the ODMF is used to calculate the similarity between data elements, e.g. competency, function, person, task, and qualification, based on competency-information. Several ontology-based data matching strategie...