This paper provides a transdisciplinary critical review of the literature on maternity
management in small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs), embedded within the wider …

This paper looks at the 'science'and 'practice'of human resource management in small firms.
While there is growing evidence that the practice of human resource management in small …

This article presents a framework to evaluate HRM in small and medium‐sized enterprises
(SMEs), using an open systems theoretical perspective. In presenting an open systems …

This article offers the first systematic review of empirical research addressing the question of
why employers underpay their employees, from the perspective of employers themselves–a …

Benchmarking offers actors a means of resolving the horizontal and vertical collective action
problems that often bedevil the development and implementation of decision-making. It has …

The introduction of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) had potentially significant
implications for small firms. Orthodox economic theory predicts adverse consequences …

Taking a critical perspective, Skill, Training and Human Resource Development focuses on
the way people are developed at work; the skills that are encouraged, the way they are …

Our paper examines how the work of Mick Marchington integrated older forms of employee
participation with newer patterns of employee involvement. The paper shows how Employee …

This article aims to contribute to our understanding of the varied responses of small and
micro enterprises to regulation and their implications for regulatory policy, using statutory …

It is popular to assume that there is a link between skill and performance, yet the evidence is
tenuous. Both terms defy simple definition and much current work aggregates findings …