THE BLEAK NATURE OF HRM PRACTICES IN ORGANISATIONAL MANAGEMENT OF CASUAL LABOUR EMPLOYMENTS
The purpose of this study is to investigate the morbid use of numerical labour flexibility with a specific focus on casual labour employment. Scholarly enquiries into labour casualization have often been assessed from a labourmarket flexibility perspective and/or managerial control of labour. In con...
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doaj-fc66203a7f584390aadd8ba3a24df8e92021-04-02T18:14:11ZengBucharest University of Economic StudiesBusiness Excellence and Management2248-13542016-09-0163515THE BLEAK NATURE OF HRM PRACTICES IN ORGANISATIONAL MANAGEMENT OF CASUAL LABOUR EMPLOYMENTS Babatunde AKANJI 0Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Ondo State, Nigeria The purpose of this study is to investigate the morbid use of numerical labour flexibility with a specific focus on casual labour employment. Scholarly enquiries into labour casualization have often been assessed from a labourmarket flexibility perspective and/or managerial control of labour. In contrast, this research attempts to add to literature by unveiling the experiences facing these organisational cohort from narrative accounts of employees. In doing so, 20 interviews were conducted with casual staffs employed as security guards, cleaners and shelve stackers at one of the Shoprite supermarket subsidiary operating in Nigeria. The findings exposed ebbing HR practices regulating working conditions of these set of workers based on the low skill nature of their job roles. Consequently, practical implications of the study proposes demands for HR managers to reconceptualise HRM best practices that would accommodate and support casual labourers based on the rising need for firms to remain flexible in response to changing market vagaries. http://beman.ase.ro/no63/1.pdflabour flexibilitycasualizationcasual labourersnigeriahrm practices |
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THE BLEAK NATURE OF HRM PRACTICES IN ORGANISATIONAL MANAGEMENT OF CASUAL LABOUR EMPLOYMENTS |
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THE BLEAK NATURE OF HRM PRACTICES IN ORGANISATIONAL MANAGEMENT OF CASUAL LABOUR EMPLOYMENTS |
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THE BLEAK NATURE OF HRM PRACTICES IN ORGANISATIONAL MANAGEMENT OF CASUAL LABOUR EMPLOYMENTS |
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THE BLEAK NATURE OF HRM PRACTICES IN ORGANISATIONAL MANAGEMENT OF CASUAL LABOUR EMPLOYMENTS |
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bleak nature of hrm practices in organisational management of casual labour employments |
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Bucharest University of Economic Studies |
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Business Excellence and Management |
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2016-09-01 |
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the morbid use of numerical labour flexibility with a specific focus on casual labour employment. Scholarly enquiries into labour casualization have often been assessed from a labourmarket flexibility perspective and/or managerial control of labour. In contrast, this research attempts to add to literature by unveiling the experiences facing these organisational cohort from narrative accounts of employees. In doing so, 20 interviews were conducted with casual staffs employed as security guards, cleaners and shelve stackers at one of the Shoprite supermarket subsidiary operating in Nigeria. The findings exposed ebbing HR practices regulating working conditions of these set of workers based on the low skill nature of their job roles. Consequently, practical implications of the study proposes demands for HR managers to reconceptualise HRM best practices that would accommodate and support casual labourers based on the rising need for firms to remain flexible in response to changing market vagaries. |
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labour flexibility casualization casual labourers nigeria hrm practices |
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