International Journal of Manpower

1980 - 2026

Current editor(s): Professor Adrian Ziderman

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2025, month December, vol 47

Low-pay work in Europe: dynamics, evolution and the role of institutional factors pp. 1-17

Chiara Mussida and Dario Sciulli

Non-universal social protection systems and labor market outcomes in unstable economies: the case of Lebanon pp. 134-151

Wafaa El Baba, Khodr Fakih and Ali Fakih

Gender inequality in labor markets: a stochastic convergence study of unemployment gaps in the OECD pp. 152-170

Veli Yilanci, Abdulkadir Altinsoy and Adviye Damla Ünlü Bektaş

An “approach-avoidance perspective” to link abusive supervision with employee silence through discrete emotions pp. 171-188

Denisa Bogdana Abrudan, Nosheen Rafi, Masood Nawaz Kalyar and Agata Pierscieniak

Dynamic labor market matching via deep reinforcement learning: continuous skill taxonomy evolution in technological transitions pp. 193-213

Yingying Cen, Haytham F. Isleem and Ghanshyam G. Tejani

How ethical leadership and green values influence green performance management and creativity? Evidence from firms in Saudi Arabia pp. 214-235

Mansoor Ahmad, Muhammad Zahid Iqbal, Muhammad Mustafa Raziq, Wali ur Rehman and Sharjeel Saleem

Environmental taxation and human capital accumulation: firm-level evidence from China's environmental protection tax reform pp. 236-256

Xue Yang

2025, month November, vol 47

Future work modalities: lessons from work-from-home experiences during COVID-19 pp. 57-72

Gyu-Hee Hwang and Jiyoung Kim

Environmental transition and firm-provided welfare: empirical insights from Italy pp. 92-113

Irene Brunetti, Mirella Damiani, Fabrizio Pompei and Andrea Ricci

Entry conditions and the transition from tertiary education to employment: a cross-country perspective pp. 114-133

John Moffat and Duncan H.W. Roth

2025, month October, vol 47

The impact of participation in global value chains on female employment: evidence from China pp. 1-16

Han Liao and Suqian Liu

Skill signaling, job mobility and wage dynamics: evidence from Ethiopia’s industrial parks pp. 17-36

Christian S. Otchia and Fekadu Nigussie Deresse

The impact of employee support on labor investment efficiency: the mediating role of internal control weaknesses pp. 37-56

Salman Beik Boshrouyeh, Zahra Taheri, Saeideh Nazari and Milad Samavat

Unravelling high-skilled internal migration in Spain using network theory: a manpower linked to local economic development pp. 73-91

Eloy Hontoria, Alberto Garre and Samo Drobne

2025, month November, vol 46

Does the national innovation system efficiency affect workplace accidents? An empirical analysis in Europe pp. 169-191

Maria Alessandra Antonelli, Angelo Castaldo, Alessia Marrocco, Guido Jacopo Luca Micheli and Gaia Vitrano

The role of government digitization in the labor market: mechanisms, heterogeneity and moderators pp. 192-210

Yemin Ding, Xiaodong Li, Lee Chin and Shufeng Cong

2025, month October, vol 46

How do discretionary HR practices promote organizational citizenship behavior toward individuals? The roles of psychological meaningfulness and job embeddedness pp. 1794-1809

Ahmad Abualigah, Mohammed Aboramadan, Julia Barbar and Tamer K. Darwish

Psychological climate for diversity, racial/ethnic workplace discrimination, and prosocial voice behavior: the moderating role of social dominance orientation pp. 1810-1830

Pegah Sajadi and Christian Vandenberghe

2025, month September, vol 46

Informal labor security in India and external and internal shocks: assessing the impacts of climate change, COVID-19, migration and political collusion pp. 1617-1641

Alok Ranjan Mohanty, Narayan Chandra Nayak and Bimal Kishore Sahoo

Organizational time pressure and safety: exploring the role of supportive and safety climates through a cross-level moderated mediation model pp. 1659-1675

Nuria Gamero and Inmaculada Silla

Education pathways to mitigate automation anxiety: skill development as key for job satisfaction in the age of machines replacing human pp. 1676-1698

Bocong Yuan, Jiannan Li and Hairong Zhao

Human values and selection into supervisory positions: evidence from nine European countries pp. 1699-1716

Mihails Hazans, Jaan Masso and Per Botolf Maurseth

The labor market effect of customer concentration: based on resource allocation perspective pp. 1717-1733

Zichao Zhang and Chao Liu

Tax incentives and within-firm pay inequality: the distributional effects of innovation incentives pp. 1734-1751

Jingjing Zeng, Zhiping Qi, Yuanping Lu and Sisi Xiong

Building a Composite Labor Precariousness Index pp. 1752-1778

Tomás Gutiérrez-Barbarrusa, Miguel Cuerdo-Mir and Raquel Ibar-Alonso

PhD graduates in Spain: Does it pay to study it abroad? pp. 1779-1793

Roberto Dopeso-Fernández, Aleksander Kucel and Montserrat Vilalta-Bufí

2025, month August, vol 46

Synthetic Labor Market Index: construction and application to the Spanish case pp. 1563-1586

Gustavo Álvarez-Fernández, David Roch-Dupré and Gonzalo Gómez-Bengoechea

Leveraging structural empowerment and human capital for organizational innovation pp. 1599-1616

Chanhyuk Shin and DuckJung Shin

The gender wage gap across the unconditional wage distribution in a period of uncertainty: findings from Serbia pp. 1642-1658

Gorana Krstić, Aleksandra Anić and Barry Reilly

2025, month July, vol 46

Board dynamics and employee well-being: the role of institutional quality in a cross-country analysis of emerging markets pp. 1148-1182

Ali Uyar, Khalil Nimer, Hamza Nizar, Muath Abdelqader and Abdullah S. Karaman

2025, month June, vol 46

The dual nature of informal networks for HRM practices in Latin America: the role of compadrazgo at MNCs in Mexico pp. 1049-1068

Moez Ben Yedder, Fadi Alsarhan, Sabine Jentjens and Lynda Espinosa

Beneath the surface of social interactions: how informal networking fuels undercurrent conflict in Middle Eastern MNCs pp. 1069-1086

Muntaser J. Melhem

Employee engagement in homeworking ecosystem: the role of e-leadership, virtual communication and shared understanding pp. 1418-1437

Lai Wan Hooi and Ai Joo Chan

The public–private wage gap in the euro area a decade after the sovereign debt crisis pp. 1482-1506

Víctor Caballero-Cordero, Corinna Ghirelli, Ángel Luis Gómez and Javier J. Pérez

The labor market in Saudi’s technology sector amidst salary inflation pp. 1507-1525

G. Gokul Kumari and Maha Bader Mohammed Almaiseb

Can non-cognitive skills explain the gender wage gap in Russia? An unconditional quantile regression approach pp. 1526-1545

Ksenia Rozhkova, Natalya Yemelina and Sergey Roshchin

The relationship between brain drain and human capital: evidence from Turkey pp. 1546-1562

İbrahim Ethem Akyıldız, Murat Ozan Başkol and Kadir Yasin Eryiğit

Labour law reforms and female employment: the case of Rajasthan pp. 1587-1598

Diti Goswami

2025, month May, vol 46

School-leaving certificates and vocational education and training – the role of firms as gatekeepers in Germany pp. 125-147

Anett Friedrich

Occupational skill mismatch in self-employment: prevalence and income implications pp. 148-168

Pankaj C. Patel

Navigating talent scarcity: talent attraction and selection practices among domestic firms and multinational corporations in Saudi Arabia pp. 1087-1110

Masoud Alhaider, Sa’ad Ali and Ismail Abushaikha

Institutional complexity in cross-border HRM practices: a comparative analysis in India pp. 1111-1128

Osama Khassawneh, Tamara Mohammad, Anas AL Tweijer and Ahmad Jamal Bani-Melhem

Transformational leadership, wasta and workforce localisation in Saudi Arabia: a sequential mediation model pp. 1129-1147

Qaisar Iqbal and Katarzyna Piwowar-Sulej

Everything is sex: theoretical extensions and empirical tests of the Maestripieri hypothesis for the beauty premium* pp. 1256-1274

Satoshi Kanazawa

The hidden reserve of nurses and teachers in the Netherlands pp. 1337-1355

Melline Somers, Lara Fleck, Wim Groot and Frits van Merode

Parental leave and its implications for the employment of persons with disabilities in mandatory employment systems pp. 1356-1372

Yonghyun Yang, Yeogyoung Moon and Chung Choe

Does investment in training help firms retain talent? Testing the commitment and human capital perspectives pp. 1373-1387

Sangsuk Oh, Daejeong Choi, Chiho Ok and Owwon Park

Gender diversity in boardrooms: the impact of female co-opted directors on corporate governance, firm risk, and firm value pp. 1389-1417

Rizwan Ali, Ali Amin, Ramiz Ur Rehman and Ahmed A. Elamer

Are alternative work arrangements a substitute for standard employment? Evidence from worker-level data pp. 1438-1459

Bernardo Fanfani and Filippo Passerini

From green intentions to financial performance: assessing the influence of green HRM within Turkish SMEs pp. 1460-1481

Cevahir Uzkurt, Safa Arslan, Pawan Budhwar, Emre Burak Ekmekcioglu and Semih Ceyhan

2025, month April, vol 46

Analysis of the effects of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on the labor market in the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) pp. 77-102

Ismail Miss Yaya, Cheikh Tidiane Ndiaye, Simplice Asongu and Samba Diop

Italian NEETs in 2012–2021: job search channels and labour market reforms pp. 103-124

Giovanni De Luca, Antonella Rocca, Paolo Mazzocchi, Federica Pizzolante and Claudio Quintano

How have R&D investments and participation of high-skilled labour influenced the labour market in Taiwan ROC during the COVID-19 pandemic? pp. 997-1015

Yu-Cheng Lai and Santanu Sarkar

Informal, formal or hybrid – how expatriates in European MNC subsidiaries in South Korea manage hierarchy to enhance organizational agility pp. 1023-1048

Sven Horak, Cuiling Jiang and Marion Festing

Wage effects of educational mismatch in public and private sectors: evidence from Türkiye pp. 1185-1202

Seda Şengül, Aysıt Tansel and Şenay Üçdoğruk Birecikli

What makes employees apply knowledge? A hybrid analytical approach in predicting knowledge application behaviour pp. 1203-1226

Nurul Amirah Ishak, Md. Zahidul Islam, Wardah Azimah Haji Sumardi and Sajjad M. Jasimuddin

Job preferences of international science and engineering students: a discrete-choice experiment pp. 1227-1255

Merve Nezihe Özer and Andries De Grip

Overeducation and fertility decisions pp. 1275-1302

Jinzhen Ye, Hongwei Huang and Huan Xie

Employment sectors and wage differential in West Africa pp. 1303-1320

Monsoï Kenneth Colombiano Kponou

When working from home leads to burnout: the role of work–family conflict, job stress and partner work practices pp. 1321-1336

Hanna Kalmanovich-Cohen and Steven J. Stanton

2025, month March, vol 46

Exploring upstream affective influence: how followers can shape leader support pp. 60-76

Muhammad Salman Rashid, Jarrod Haar and Peter McGhee

Mapping gender wage gaps in regular employment: a counterfactual decomposition analysis for India pp. 867-898

Nikita Soni and Falguni Pattanaik

The role of paid time off, flexible scheduling and job satisfaction in voluntary turnover pp. 919-935

Candice Vander Weerdt, Vasilios D. Kosteas, LeaAnne DeRigne and Patricia Stoddard-Dare

Immigrant assimilation in the Greek labor market pp. 936-955

Stelios Roupakias

Impetus to Chinese female status: service robotics in working time responses pp. 956-972

Ziming Gao, Xiaomin Guo and Shancheng Hu

Has it gone down the drain? The influence of overeducation on the wages of young workers pp. 973-996

Jose Arranz and Carlos García-Serrano

2025, month February, vol 46

South Asian Diaspora in Italy: settlement patterns and locational factors pp. 42-59

Gabriele Morettini and Enzo Valentini

The experience of wellbeing practices in project-based organisations pp. 573-596

Maria Kapsali, Rea Prouska and Sara Hajikazemi

Youth homelessness, support services and employment in England pp. 817-835

Nick Drydakis

Contributory social security and employment-based social protection for informal workers: moderating role of regulatory framework pp. 836-852

Bighnesh Dash Mohapatra and Chandan Kumar Sahoo

Motivating factors for professional women in construction career progression pp. 853-866

Langanani Muthambi, Justus Ngala Agumba and Oluseyi Julius Adebowale

Do robots impact artificial intelligence (AI)-related employment? Evidence from a cross-national study pp. 899-918

Khanindra Ch. Das, Neelam Rani, Rahul Bodhi and Muhammad Zafar Yaqub

2025, month January, vol 46

The gender gap in the early progression of academic careers: evidence from Italy pp. 1-20

Vincenzo Alfano, Lorenzo Cicatiello, Giuseppe Lucio Gaeta and Mauro Pinto

Workforce dissimilarity and job changes pp. 21-41

Pekka Ilmakunnas

Understanding NEET status in Cameroon and Chad: determinants and gender disparities pp. 492-511

Christian Akono and Liliane Odette Medjo Obia

Idiosyncratic deal seeking for personal brand verification pp. 512-535

Swati Garg, Shuchi Sinha and Smriti Anand

How to sustain a competent and committed aging workforce: The age-differential effects of development human resource practices pp. 536-555

Lin-Yang Yue and Wei- De Huang

The influence mechanism of enterprise digitalization on employee taking charge pp. 556-572

Shengmin Liu and Pengfan Cheng

Integrating sustainable development goals into HRM in emerging markets: an empirical investigation of Indian and Chinese banks pp. 792-815

Sehrish Shahid, Kuldeep Kaur, Parth Patel, Sanjeev Kumar and Verma Prikshat