Human Resources
Human Resources
Louis Nevaer’s Managing Hispanic and Latino Employees is a practical guide to navigating cultural issues in the workplace. The book offers advice on managing a diverse workforce at each stage of...
According to the authors of Why Women Mean Business, the influence of women in the workplace and the marketplace is changing everything, and the changes are desirable rather than threatening. Utilizing...
In the education community, a useful body of research evidence related to training development and delivery has emerged only in the last 20 years. With that evidence, training practitioners now have a better idea of...
Ask employees at any company and you will find a vast majority of them have worked with a “toxic” employee. They go by many names: control freaks, narcissists, manipulators, bullies, or humiliators, but the result of...
Bradley W. Hall identifies many problems with the current approach to talent management: no one is accountable; programs are emphasized over systems; and the existing Human Resources model is egalitarian, even though...
When it comes to performance development, many leaders are happy to accept work that is merely “satisfactory.” But what if each employee could be developed into an exemplary performer, executing their duties at a level...
As the first wave of the new global technology phenomenon, the Net Generation carries a revolutionary set of values, behaviors, and motivations that is already transforming the social and business landscape. In...
Maximizing productivity at work is a top priority for all business organizations, but all too often focus is limited to extrinsic rewards: tangible benefits such as pay, commissions, and bonuses. In Intrinsic...
Job satisfaction may include a paycheck, benefits, and vacation time, but career contentment is harder to define—it cannot be measured in physical terms because people have their own ideas about what it takes to be...
The old saw says that money cannot buy happiness. But what about the reverse? Does happiness matter in the workplace? In Happiness at Work, Jessica Pryce-Jones demonstrates that happy employees are...
