Suzhi development: indigenous approaches to enhancing the quality of human resources

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Connie Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Human Capital Theory ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Political Sciences ◽  
Key Dimensions

Purpose – This paper aims to examine the Chinese indigenous concept of suzhi (素质) by analyzing its historical evolution and its contemporary implications for human resource management (HRM) research and practice at the national and organizational levels. Design/methodology/approach – An integrated review of literatures in sinology, political science, anthropology and sociology concerned with suzhi-related research, combined with recent incidents associated with suzhi. Findings – Suzhi is an indigenous concept embedded in the centuries-long historical context of China. Suzhi development has been focused on three key dimensions, moral, physical and mental, as a way of building quality employees and citizens. Yet developing and quantifying the moral aspects of suzhi is more challenging than measuring its physical and mental dimensions. Linking suzhi development to human capital theory enriches the understanding of this indigenous concept at both organizational and national levels. Research limitations/implications – By analyzing a three-dimensional suzhi composite, the article offers an example of how suzhi may be linked to human capital theory and identifies directions for future research. Originality/value – By analyzing suzhi at organizational and national levels for HRM purposes, this article broadens the suzhi literature from its place in the political sciences and social anthropology to encompass a theoretical analysis in HRM and development for the benefit of organizations and the society.

Manager characteristics and real estate mutual fund returns, risk and fees

2006 ◽  
Vol 32 (12) ◽  
pp. 988-996 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Philpot ◽  
Craig A. Peterson
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Real Estate ◽  
Mutual Fund ◽  
Market Risk ◽  
Human Capital Theory ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Management Fees ◽  
Managed Funds

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to analyze the effects of individual manager characteristics on real estate mutual fund (REMF) performance. Human capital theory predicts that factors like education, experience and professional certifications improve skill sets and thus performance. Conversely, capital markets theory suggests that these things may be irrelevant in the management of mutual funds.Design/methodology/approachA total of 63 REMFs were sampled over the period 2001‐2003 and equations were estimate regressing, alternatively, risk‐adjusted return, market risk and management fees on a series of fund variables and manager characteristics including the manager's tenure, whether the fund manager holds a professional certification, whether the manager has specific real estate experience, and whether the fund is team‐managed.FindingsModest evidence is found that team‐managed funds have lower risk‐adjusted returns than solo‐managed funds. Managers with longer tenure tend to pursue higher market risk levels, and there is no relation between manager characteristics and management fees.Research limitations/implicationsThis study considers only one cross‐sectional time period. Future research might use longitudinal data.Practical implicationsDespite real estate being a specialized field of finance, there is little if any support for the predictions of human capital theory that experience, education and training result in greater performance among managers of REMFs.Originality/valueThis paper extends prior work in mutual fund management characteristics and fund performance to real estate funds.

Quality of Malaysian teachers based on education and training

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 303-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramlee Ismail ◽  
Marinah Awang
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Human Capital Theory ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Rate Of Returns ◽  
And Training ◽  
Private Rate

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how the quality of teachers based on education and training provided under new reform policies in Malaysia affects their earnings outcomes. The study conducted a benefit and returns analysis guided by human capital theory. Design/methodology/approach The study used survey research methods to investigate human capital formation in the teaching profession using teachers’ qualifications, benefits and private rate of returns as key variables in the estimation. Findings Earnings and experience levels were highly correlated with teachers’ education levels, as suggested by human capital theory. The private rate of returns in earnings for each additional year of schooling of teachers was found to lie between 3 and 4 per cent per year. Discrepancies were apparent in teachers’ qualifications and licensure levels regionally and at academic levels, as expected. These correlated with earning levels. Practical implications Improvements in teachers’ salary and employment opportunities will attract higher quality graduates to the teaching profession. Teachers’ annual earnings in Malaysia are comparable to other public sector and private professional jobs in the nation but lag far behind those of the world’s top education systems. Increasing teachers’ earnings will attract better qualified teachers. Policymakers could address these issues. Originality/value This paper demonstrates the utility of economic analyses in terms of earnings returns, to evaluate the Malaysian policy of upgrading teachers’ qualifications as a mechanism to improve the overall quality of schooling. Such studies are rare but needed to understand the benefits and returns of policy-driven teacher education and training investments. This study provides new evidence of schooling returns using a recent, national data set.

Employee self-concepts, voluntary learning behavior, and perceived employability

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 264-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sungjun Kim ◽  
Hacksoo Kim ◽  
Jinkyu Lee
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Human Capital Theory ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Learning Behavior ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Perceived Employability ◽  
Interactive Relationship ◽  
Concept Theory

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the antecedents of employees’ perceived employability based on both self-concept and human capital theory. The study tested the relationship between employees’ self-concepts and perceived employability by using organization-based self-esteem (OBSE) and role-breadth self-efficacy. This study also examined the interactive relationship between self-concepts and voluntary leaning behavior, which can be viewed as a means of enhancing human capital. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected from 301 employees of an organization in Korea. Findings – The results demonstrated that OBSE and its interaction with voluntary learning behavior were positively correlated with perceived employability. Research limitations/implications – The data were cross-sectional. Causal inferences should be made with caution. Originality/value – Unlike previous literature that has relied primarily on human capital theory, this study draws on self-concept theory to show that employee self-concept can be an antecedent of perceived employability. Furthermore, this study argues that employees’ perceived employability may be more fully understood through the lenses of both self-concept and human capital theories.

scholarly journals Human capital or signalling, unpacking the graduate premium

2014 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 420-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asher Pericles Rospigliosi ◽  
Sue Greener ◽  
Tom Bourner ◽  
Maura Sheehan
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Human Capital Theory ◽  
University Education ◽  
Potential Productivity ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
Content Type ◽  
High Propensity ◽  
False Dichotomy ◽  
Signalling Theory

Purpose –The purpose of this paper is to revisit the debate on the contribution of higher education (HE) to the economy which has been dominated by human capital theory and signalling theory. Human capital theory contends that HE contributes by adding to the potential productivity of graduate employees. Signalling theory, asserts that HE contributes by enabling employers to differentiate potentially productive graduate employees. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses recent advances in our understanding of the graduate employability to reassess the two theories. Most graduate job vacancies are open to graduates of any subject and the key to employment in such jobs appears to be the graduate propensity to learn in employment. Findings – HE both increases students’ propensity to learn in employment and signals to employers that graduates are people with a high propensity to learn in employment. Practical implications – The conclusion is that for the four key stakeholder groups, the economic value of a university education can best be explained with the concept of “graduate propensity to learn”. Social implications – Employers, government, existing students and potential students and universities benefit from the propensity to learn, which is the most important economic outcome of a university education. Originality/value – The paper resolves the choice between human capital and signalling theories as a false dichotomy as HE both develops students’ powers.

An exploration of gender, interlocking directorates, and corporate performance

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 269-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean B. O’Hagan
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Boards Of Directors ◽  
Corporate Performance ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Resource Dependency ◽  
Human Capital Theory ◽  
Interlocking Directorates ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Female Directors

Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the impact that women who sit on boards of directors, as well as women that are part of an interlocking directorate, have on corporate performance. The investigation is placed within the literature on human capital theory and resource dependency as an argument for gender diversity and boards of directors. Design/methodology/approach A director data set for over 32,000 firms based in the USA, composed of 6,218 women and 54,932 men, is utilized. From this, regression and network analysis were utilized. Findings It is found that female directors’ participation in interlocking directorates translates into greater corporate performance when compared to simply examining female representation on boards of directors. Additionally, women involved in interlocks translated into greater corporate performance when compared to men. These results support the resource dependency approach. Practical/implications Results of this study suggest that when considering female directors, corporate performance is enhanced when female directors already sit on the boards of other firms. Originality/value This study highlights external network connections to differentiate between human capital theory and resource dependency as an argument for gender diversity and boards of directors.

Job Mobility and Earnings: An Internal Labour Market Analysis

1988 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 100-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Creedy ◽  
Keith Whitfield
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Job Mobility ◽  
Human Capital Theory ◽  
Market Analysis ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Market Theory ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
Earnings Distribution ◽  
Market Approach

The analysis of job mobility and earnings has been dominated by human capital theory. This approach has been subject to considerable criticism in recent years, particularly about the manner in which it conceptualizes the processes that take place between the start and end of a job. An alternative is the internal labour market approach, which focuses on the very processes which are so problematic for human capital theory. Information from three specially designed surveys of professional scientists in Australia and Britain suggests that the processes that are central to internal labour market theory are crucial to generating the distribution of earnings. While the evidence presented is not necessarily incompatible with human capital theory, it does suggest that future research on the earnings distribution could usefully involve the development of the internal labour market approach.

CEO succession: what we know and where to go?

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 222-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ormonde R. Cragun ◽  
Anthony J. Nyberg ◽  
Pat M. Wright
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Poor Performance ◽  
Chief Executive ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Ceo Succession ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
Content Type ◽  
High Performing ◽  
Future Research Agenda ◽  
Ceo Selection

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to conduct a comprehensive analysis and synthesis of the splintered chief executive officer (CEO) succession literature and provide a unifying future research agenda. Design/methodology/approach This review content analyzes 227 relevant articles published after 1994. These articles examine the causes, process, replacement, and consequences of CEO succession. Findings The review develops a comprehensive typology, identifies gaps in the literature, and proposes opportunities for future research. For instance, the CEO succession literature can be classified along four primary dimensions: when, how, who, and consequences. These four primary dimensions are further explained by ten secondary factors and 30 tertiary components. Research opportunities include: enlarging the data pool to expand the repertoire of firms studied, incorporating the CEO’s perspective, and integrating CEO succession research with literatures in selection, turnover, and human capital theory. Practical implications Through integrating research across research domains, future research will be able to better predict when CEO succession will occur, how to avoid unwanted CEO succession, how to better implement CEO succession, and how to minimize negative aspects and maximize positive aspects of CEO succession for the firm and the CEO, as well as understand the consequences of CEO selection, and help move toward and understanding of how to prevent poor performance, and retain high performing CEOs. Originality/value This is the first comprehensive review since 1994. It creates a typology to guide and categorize future research, and shows ways to incorporate relevant, but often ignored literatures (e.g. human resources, psychology, decision making, and human capital).

Improving the forming quality of fused filament fabrication parts by applied vibration

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 202-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shijie Jiang ◽  
Yannick Siyajeu ◽  
Yinfang Shi ◽  
Shengbo Zhu ◽  
He Li
Keyword(s):  
Damping Ratio ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Experimental Tests ◽  
Tensile Tests ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Fused Filament Fabrication ◽  
Forming Quality ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Application Range

Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the efficiency of applied vibration in improving the forming quality (mechanical property and dynamics characteristics) of fused filament fabrication (FFF) parts. Design/methodology/approach A vibrating FFF three-dimensional printer was set up, with which the samples fabricated in different directions were manufactured separately without and with vibration applied. A series of experimental tests, including tensile tests, dynamics tests and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) tests, were performed on these samples to experimentally quantify the effect of applied vibration on their forming quality. Findings It has been found that the applied vibration can significantly increase the tensile strength and plasticity of the samples built in Z-direction, and obviously decrease the orthogonal anisotropy. It can also significantly change the sample’s natural frequency, decrease the resonant response and increase the modal damping ratio, thus improve the anti-vibration capability of FFF samples. In addition, the SEM analysis confirmed that applying vibration into FFF process could improve the forming quality of the fabricated part. Research limitations/implications Future research may be focused on investigating the efficiency of applied vibration in improving the forming quality of parts fabricated by the other additive manufacturing techniques. Practical implications This study helps to improve the reliability of FFF parts and extend the application range of FFF technology. Originality/value A novel method to improve the forming quality of FFF parts is provided and the available information about the performance of dynamics characteristics.

Antecedents of entrepreneurial employee activity: does gender play a role?

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (8) ◽  
pp. 1685-1706 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreu Turro ◽  
Maria Noguera ◽  
David Urbano
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Institutional Economics ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Human Capital Theory ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Governance Indicators ◽  
Key Policy ◽  
World Governance Indicators ◽  
And Gender

PurposeThe objective of this article is to examine the extent to which the antecedents of entrepreneurial employee activity differ by gender across countries.Design/methodology/approachGeneralised linear multilevel logistic regression is applied to data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) with a sample of 60 countries for the period 2014–2016. This data is complemented with data from the World Governance Indicators (WGI) project and from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).FindingsUsing human capital theory (for individual-related antecedents) and institutional economics (for environmental related antecedents), the results show that the antecedents of entrepreneurial employee activity differ by gender. Specifically, being in contact with other entrepreneurs, and the quality of government regulations condition entrepreneurial employee activity and have a different intensity depending on gender.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the literature about entrepreneurial initiatives and gender by providing insights that add to the literature on why men and women have different entrepreneurial behaviours. In addition, this study also contributes to human capital theory and institutional economics as their role in the relation between entrepreneurial employee activity and gender has not been studied in detail in previous research. Finally, the promotion of female intrapreneurial activity is a key policy for most public bodies and organisations in developed countries.

Entrepreneurship education programme, passion and attitude towards self-employment

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Akuraun Shadrach Iyortsuun ◽  
Meshach G. Goyit ◽  
Reuel J. Dakung
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Human Capital Theory ◽  
Dual Model ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose Drawing on the human capital theory and the dual model of passion, this study aims to explore the mediating role of passion on the relationship between entrepreneurship education programme and students’ attitude towards self-employment (SE). Design/methodology/approach The proposed research framework was tested on a sample of 445 higher education students in four universities in North-Central Nigeria. Findings The results indicated that learning and inspiration account for the variation in students’ attitude towards SE. Furthermore, the study revealed that harmonious and obsessive passion largely mediate the relationship between entrepreneurship education programme and attitude towards SE. Practical implications The policy implication is the scaling of policies targeted at encouraging the development of passion given its significant role in the entrepreneurship education programme and attitude towards SE link. Originality/value The study has established the importance of human capital theory in explaining the attitude towards SE phenomenon using a multi-theoretical approach and has advanced the theoretical field of affect and its relevance in the field of entrepreneurship.

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