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Segmentation of Employee Perceptions in Relation to Corporate Social Responsibility Practices

2013

Sustainability is changing the competitive landscape and reshaping the opportunities and threats that companies face. However, for companies to become green they need employees to develop, believe and engage with these initiatives. To achieve success with sustainable practices, companies can use internal marketing which is based on the satisfaction of employees as a premise to achieve the retention and attraction of top talent that will lead to corporate success. It is estimated that the internal customer satisfaction and loyalty contribute to satisfying the external customers, leading ultimately to a company's profit maximization. In this paper I explore the impact of companies' sustainabi…

WELL-BEING AND WORK-RELATED STRESS: MEASURES AND DYNAMICS TO IMPROVE INDIVIDUAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL HEALTH

2014

Occupational stress is considered to be one of the ten leading work-related health problems. Several research showed that stress consequences have a negative impact on the worker in several way. Moreover, literature have shown that the work environment can have a major effect on employee work-related stress. For this reason, occupational health psychology is increasingly focused on identifying the relationships between job characteristics and psychological well-being. In light of these considerations, the central aim of this dissertation was to give a significant contribution to the understanding of work-related stress. Specifically, the main aims of the present dissertation were: (a) to pr…

Company values guiding the recruitment of employees with a foreign background

2019

Purpose In this paper, the following research question is addressed: Why do business organisations recruit employees with a foreign background? This was examined in terms of the values that guide organisations and their management. The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach The study focused on two businesses in Finland that are pioneers in the recruitment of immigrants. A case study approach was adopted. The research data consist of interviews and documentary data. The data were analysed using content analysis in accordance with grounded theory. Findings Companies can act as an enabling force in the integration of immigrants into the local labour market, especially …

High-involvement management practices and the productivity of firms: Detecting industry heterogeneity

2020

The aim of this article is to clarify the links between high-involvement management (HIM) practices, productivity and branches of industry. The data combine a representative survey (N = 787) of private-sector firms in Finland and register-based firm-level data on sales per employee in the year following the survey. The authors analysed the data using mixture regression and identified two clusters in the association between HIM and productivity. In one cluster, high-involvement management and productivity were positively associated, while in the other cluster, the association was negative. The association between the intensity of HIM utilisation and productivity is not always additive; the b…

Intentions of early retirement and continuing to work among middle-aged and older employees

2009

The purpose of this study is to investigate personal, health, work, and work-related psychological factors in association with employee intentions of early retirement and continuing to work after retirement in the form of bridge employment. In addition, the study aims to further our understanding of what motivates older employees by investigating age-related differences in employee reward preferences. The study draws upon several theoretical perspectives, including continuity theory, the life course perspective, theories on motivation, and the meaning of work for older employees. Survey data from three individual research projects are used in this study - age management studies consisting o…

Is work intensification bad for employees? A review of outcomes for employees over the last two decades

2022

Work intensification (WI) is a notable job stressor, which has been hypothesised to result in various negative outcomes for employees. However, earlier empirical studies regarding this stressor hypothesis have not yet been reviewed. Our narrative review focused on the outcomes for employees of WI as a perceived job stressor. Our review was based on selected qualitative and quantitative empirical studies (k = 44) published in peer-reviewed journals between the years 2000 and 2020. Altogether, the findings of these studies showed that WI was related to various negative outcomes for employees, such as impaired well-being and motivation, supporting the stressor hypothesis. Stressful WI manifest…

"Tekeminen innostaa" : työntekijöiden psykodynamiikka pienen perheyrityksen sukupolvenvaihdokseen liittyvissä muutoksissa

2014

Hybrid Work: Gen Z Expectations and Internal Employer Branding Implications

2022

Gen Z – also known as ‘Generation Z’ or ‘iGeneration’ born between 1997 and 2009 – has been hit the hardest by the pandemic and remote work. Whilst the global workforce will include nearly 27% of Gen Z by 2025, it appears essential to address their needs and preferences. This chapter provides new Gen Z white-collar workers’ insights hitherto scarce in research – comparably to those of Gen Z students – to help understand how to motivate, engage, and develop them. In particular, Gen Z's values and expectations for hybrid work emerge from 15 qualitative online interviews leveraged to advance recommendations to enhance internal employer branding – that is branding intended for the organisation’…

Darbinieku iesaistes aptaujas TeamPulse™ ticamība un validitāte latviešu versijā

2015

Pētījuma mērķis bija adaptēt latviešu valodā aptauju TeamPulse™, kas mēra darbinieku iesaisti. Šī darba ietvaros tika veikta aptaujas TeamPulse™ turpmāka izpēte plašākā un daudzveidīgākā izlasē. Kopā analizētas 106 aizpildītas anketas no trim dažādiem uzņēmumiem – bankas, ražošanas uzņēmuma un augstskolas. Tika izmantota arī aptaujas “Iesaiste darbā” (UWES, Schaufeli un Baker, 2006) pilnā versija, lai detalizētāk noteiktu abu aptauju komponentu korelāciju. Pamatojoties uz adaptācijas psihometriskajiem rādītājiem, var apgalvot, ticamības radītāji ir pieļaujamās robežās, pantu diskriminācijas indeksi statistiski ir nozīmīgi, reakcijas indekss paaugstināts. Konverģentas validitātes pārbaude no…

Burnout, work engagement and workaholism among highly educated employees: Profiles, antecedents and outcomes

2014

The present study examined the longitudinal profiles of burnout, engagement and workaholism among highly educated employees. First, the latent profile modeling indicated two latent classes: Engaged and Exhausted-Workaholic. Second, the results revealed that employees with the Engaged profile experienced high levels of energy and dedication, whereas employees with the Exhausted-Workaholic profile experienced exhaustion, cynicism and workaholism. Social pessimism in the transition from high education to work predicted poor subjective well-being at work. Further, workaholism decreased during the career among members of the Exhausted-Workaholic profile suggesting positive direction during caree…