Organizations are increasingly interested in retaining right talents while targeting for new talents; measuring employees satisfaction provides an indication of how successful the organization is in fostering a conducive environment which nurtures great attitude among employee’s towards their Job and company . Employee is one of the key factors of the organization success. No organization can s...

The Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Commission (the WCRC) supports the concept of establishing consistency in the definition of terms such as “employer”, “employee”, ”workplace” and “work-related injury/illness and fatalities” relevant to both workers’ compensation and Occupational Health and Safety (OHS). However, the Productivity Commission should be aware that particularly in relati...

Abstract Building on the notions of soft or “high commitment” Human Resource Management , the relationship between human resource practices and work outcomes is an increasingly researched topic in human resource management . Founded upon a theory Y approach of employees as active,self-controlled human beings who like work, seek responsibility, and serve objectives to which they are committed, s...

This analysis considers international migration remittances and their impact on development in migrant-sending areas. The new economics of labor migration (NELM) posit that remittances lessen production and market constraints faced by households in poor developing countries. The article states that remittances may be a positive factor in economic development, which should be nurtured by econo...

The employee engagement has emerged as a pivotal business driver for organizational success. High level of engagement in domestic and global firms is supposed to have multiple enriching effects on an organization. Studies have highlighted the importance of both organizational and individual factors in ensuring highly engaged employees. The present paper explores the individual differs across fo...

Michael K. Lettau is an economist in the Office of Compensation and Working Conditions, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Thomas C. Buchmueller is an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Management, University of California, Irvine. Employers’ costs for total benefits grew roughly 50 percent faster than employee wages over the 1980–96 period, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Emplo...