International Journal of Manpower

1980 - 2026

Current editor(s): Professor Adrian Ziderman

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2026, month September, vol 47

The impact of China's hukou system reform on educational job mismatch among urban migrants pp. 893-910

Qi Ding, Sholeh A. Maani and Le Wen

A gender perspective on language skills and employability: evidence from German-speaking youth in Kosovo pp. 953-969

Vjosa Hamiti, Albulena Shala and Era Hamiti

Navigating employment: analysing Ukrainian refugee workforce integration in Europe one-year post-exodus pp. 991-1008

Nita Chhinzer, Akierah D. Binns and Anna Didenko

Greening the labour market: how decarbonization reshapes wages for women and skilled workers in Taiwan pp. 1029-1047

Yu-cheng Lai

From boundaryless work to labor-market adjustment: a multistage model of overtime pay insecurity, pay-related distress and mobility intentions pp. 1048-1069

Kuang-Hsien Wang

Cross-national evidence on the HR impact of AI assimilation: mediating roles of knowledge and culture pp. 1070-1086

Heungsok Cha

2026, month August, vol 47

What you have makes you healthy: the effect of digital skills on the mental health of rural migrant workers pp. 872-892

Shoulin Fang

The paradox of human capital? Gendered precarious labor in the Korean Confucian gender regime pp. 913-936

Seo-Young Byun and Min-Ji Ma

Green HRM and green creativity: mediating roles of dynamic capabilities and engagement pp. 937-952

Riaz Ahmed, Qurat-Ul-Ain Mahmood, Muhammad Shakil Ahmad, Kate Davis and Neil Turner

Delayed retirement policy attitudes and employee work engagement: evidence from Chinese employees pp. 973-990

Yunxue Deng and Xin Yong

ESG practices and firm performance: E-S mediation and executive-board heterogeneity pp. 1009-1028

Lai Wan Hooi

2026, month July, vol 47

Job tasks and wage differentials between urban and rural migrant workers: new evidence from China pp. 833-851

Yanan Li, Qianyun Xie and Aolong Liu

Unemployment benefits and job finding: evidence from Spain’s policy reforms across the business cycle pp. 852-871

Ana M. Silva, José M. Arranz and Carlos García-Serrano

2026, month June, vol 47

Fat pay gaps: wage consequences of overweight and obesity by sexual orientation pp. 615-635

Maryam Dilmaghani, Rabiul Islam and Vurain Tabvuma

2026, month May, vol 47

Intra-firm pay dispersion and firm performance: incentive for current or sorting of prospective workers pp. 133-151

Katja Zajc Kejžar and Nina Ponikvar

Gig crafting: conceptualization, scale development, and cross-country validation through a multi-study approach pp. 152-170

Sari Mansour

Earnings effects of educational mismatch in New Zealand: evidence over a decade pp. 171-191

Ishari Madukala Jayasinghege and Min Bai

Unveiling the labour market and social security perspectives of ageing: a systematic review pp. 555-570

Jaya Sarkar and Sushil Kumar Rai

Labor outsourcing and corporate human capital investment pp. 573-593

Ying Wu

Psychological capital and intention to stay in UAE telecom: the roles of job satisfaction and work engagement pp. 594-614

Ammar Alshamsi, Kamarul Zaman Bin Ahmad, Mohamed H. Behery, Ibrahim Tabche and Osama Khassawneh

From branding to voice: how employees co-create the employer brand pp. 636-654

Naman Dubey, Muhammad Vasil, Murugan Pattusamy and Tulika Srivastava

2026, month April, vol 47

The effects of early marriage on female human capital formation in Kyrgyzstan: a micro econometric analysis pp. 463-479

Büşra Doğan Günal and Ömer Tuğsal Doruk

Does employment protection affect wages, inequality, and unemployment? Theory and evidence pp. 480-502

Tolga Aksoy and Burak Ünveren

The impact of place attachment on return migration intention: a moderated mediation study pp. 503-519

Thuy Thu Nguyen

The impact of aging on labor productivity: integrating the human capital perspective pp. 520-537

Xuyang Du, Conghui Bai and Lingli Guo

Revolutionizing work or eroding well-being? The impact of technical demand on older employees' health in digital work transformation pp. 538-554

Jiannan Li and Bocong Yuan

2026, month March, vol 47

Employees' environmental initiative participation: the role of values, ecological worldview and cost-benefit perceptions pp. 62-82

Stuart Allen, Jako Volschenk and Jeremias J. de Klerk

Institutional quality and the effect of remittances on unemployment: evidence from Africa pp. 83-100

Dennis Boahene Osei, Emmanuel Opoku, Kwasi Poku and Daniel Domeher

Why do more productive firms pay workers more? Evidence from Egypt pp. 101-132

Caroline Krafft and Ragui Assaad

Unemployment spiral created by internal migration in Türkiye: a regional analysis pp. 366-388

Şerife Akinci Tok and Kadir Y. Eryiğit

Data factor market construction and firm labor income share: a quasi-natural experimental analysis based on China's data trading platforms pp. 389-402

Yutian Zhao, Yanjie Wang and Chuang Li

Technological progress, occupational structure and gender gaps in the German labour market pp. 403-422

Ronald Bachmann and Myrielle Gonschor

Strategic deviations and firm employment decisions – empirical evidence from China pp. 425-443

Yihan Guo and Gongyan Yang

Impact of innovative climate on cultural diversity perceptions and organizational commitment in multinational enterprises: the moderating role of workplace formalization pp. 444-462

Peerayuth Charoensukmongkol and Xiaoyun Guang

2026, month February, vol 47

Igniting innovation: how managerial training drives patent propensity pp. 35-61

Roberto Gabriele, Eleonora Pierucci, Marco Sforza and Oksana Tokarchuk

Digital skills, gender, employment and wages in the Egyptian labor market pp. 283-305

Mina Sami

Labour market entry and integration of refugees in Austria pp. 306-344

Stefan Jestl and Marina Tverdostup

Social media and cybervetting in recruitment: examining personality perceptions and platform influence on job seekers pp. 345-365

Shipra Agrawal and Shameem Shagirbasha

2026, month January, vol 47

Technological change and returns to training pp. 18-34

Roman Klauser and Marcus Tamm

Employers' beliefs and hiring preferences for older workers: insights from Singapore pp. 257-282

Zeewan Lee, Hui Foh Foong, Xinyi Chen, Joelle H. Fong and Leng Leng Thang

2026, month November

I want to stay where I am: the relationship between work stress and labor commitment revisited pp. 1-18

Carlos Gamero-Burón and Dolores García-Crespo Mª

Unlocking creativity with artificial intelligence: field and experimental evidence on human resource management in the ready-made garments industry pp. 1-26

Md Helal Miah and Ripon Roy

Work engagement and mental well-being in the ICT age: investigating the role of job resources among white-collar workers in Europe pp. 1-19

Ieva Urbanavičiūtė, Jurgita Lazauskaitė-Zabielskė, Arūnas Žiedelis and Rita Jakštienė

The risk of sexual harassment of teleworkers: organizational and individual influences pp. 1-19

Imanol Nuñez, Andrea Ollo-López and Salomé Goñi-Legaz

Trapped and thwarted: career plateaus, organizational obstruction and their impact on goals, distress and withdrawal pp. 1-16

Saima Naseer, Dave Bouckenooghe, Fauzia Syed and Sana Hameed

2026, month October

Brain drain-economic growth nexus: rethinking growth challenges in emerging countries pp. 1-17

Faruk Mike, İbrahim Ethem Akyıldız and Oktay Kızılkaya

Place-based industrial policy and firm-level skill upgrading: evidence from China's demonstration bases for new industrialization pp. 1-17

Tao Zhang, Ridong Hu and Xiaoyu Li

When algorithmic HRM signals backfire: contestability thresholds in gig worker sensemaking pp. 1-18

Duy Phan Khanh and Thanh Tiep Le

Tools of the trade: AI and the restructuring of the experience premium pp. 1-18

Eric Shaunn Mattingly, Steven J. Hyde and Andrew S. Manikas

From behavior to burnout and moral distress: the costs of low performance and turnover intentions through a serial mediation process pp. 1-18

Samira A. Sariraei, Or Shkoler, Denis Chênevert, Christian Vandenberghe and Colleen Grady

Staying attached: short-time work and worker retention during COVID-19 pp. 1-18

Stefan Angel, Rainer Eppel, Ulrike Huemer and Helmut Mahringer

Education, household production and female labor supply in West Africa pp. 1-19

Monsoï Kenneth Colombiano Kponou

Inclusive leadership and extra-role customer service behaviours: the mediating role of work adjustment and the boundary conditions of social well-being and perceived service climate pp. 1-19

Jasim Almaazmi, Faridahwati Mohd-Shamsudin, Shaker Bani-Melhem and Mohd Ahmad Al-Hawari

2026, month September

Gender differences in the relationship between high-performance work system bundles and job satisfaction pp. 1-26

Laura Romero-Domínguez, Daniel Dorta-Afonso and Manuel González- de-la-Rosa

Routine task intensity and overeducation persistence: evidence from individual-level panel data pp. 1-17

Leszek Wincenciak and Gabriela Grotkowska

The association between sustainable leadership, employee work-related attitudes and economic outcomes pp. 1-20

Kevin Baird and Nuraddeen Abubakar Nuhu