percent or less of total private sector training costs. The paper further discusses a study conducted for one state in which we found significant fiscal returns implying that underinvestment of public funds for incumbent worker training may be occurring. In this state, primary sector jobs were created

In many situations the individuals who can generate some output must enter a contest for appropriating this output. This paper analyses the investment incentives of such agents and the role of incumbency advantages in the contest. Depending on the advantages, an increase in the productivity

The core job dimensions from 57 jobs in Hong Kong measured by job incumbents ' self-reports on the Job Diagnostic Survey (JDS) and supervisory ratings on the Job Rating Form (JRF) together with job incumbent work satisfaction measured on the Job Descriptive Index (JDI) provided the data base

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The road to finding a career path as a Trade and Industrial (T&I) or Healthcare Science (HSTE) (formerly Heath Occupations) teacher is winding at best. Job incumbents in this profession are hired after

percent or less of total private sector training costs. The paper further discusses a study conducted for one state in which we found significant fiscal returns implying that underinvestment of public funds for incumbent worker training may be occurring. In this state, primary sector jobs were created

with incumbents for a higher position. These results do not hold once other job changes (lateral transfers, task reorganizations) are considered. The differences in promotion dynamics perceived among incumbents and new hires, and among single and multiple promoted workers, are consistent with the “Peter Principle

The moderating effect of partner empathy on the relationship between both directions of work–family conflict (work-to-family and family-to-work) and psychological distress of both the job incumbent and partner are examined in this study. Considering empathy as a specific dimension of emotional

We investigated the relationship between the Performance Perspectives Inventory's (PPI, Abraham & Morrison, 2002; 2003) Implementing scale (a measure of employee reliability) and job performance in a sample of employees performing a dual security/service role. PPI Implementing correlated

1990). Borman and Motowidlo (1997, p. 99) define task performance as ‘the effectiveness with which job incumbents perform activities that contribute to the organisation’s technical core either directly by implementing a part of its technological process, or indirectly by providing it with needed