Pension plans : public plans in four states have generally similar policies and practices : report to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations, Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives /

"B-239812"--P. 1.

Relating to labor practices of employers of labor in the ship-building industry : hearings before a subcommittee ... Seventy-fourth Congress, first session, on H.J. Res. 331. July 19, 25, 26, 29, August 6, 13, and 20, 1935.

Mode of access: Internet.

Smithsonian Institution minority employment practices : hearings before the Government Activities and Transportation Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, first session, March 14 and April 19, 1989.

Item 1016-A, 1016-B (microfiche)

Employment Service : preliminary analysis of policies and practices related to performance /

"October 31,1989."

Personnel practices : career and other appointments of former political appointees, October 1998-April 2001 : report to Congressional requesters/

"GAO-02-326."

Employment and training for America's homeless : best practices guide /

"Prepared under the direction of the Office of Policy and Research (OPR) of the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (DOL/ETA) by James Bell Associates, Inc. (JBA). The authors are Susan Kessler Beck ... [et al.]"--1st printed p.

Successful practices in Title III implementation : Cameron County, Texas, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Harford County, Maryland, Dallas County, Texas.

Shipping list no.: 91-337-P.

Administrative practices supplement to the NIH Guidelines for research involving recombinant DNA molecules : policies and administrative procedures for recombinant DNA research subject to the NIH Guidelines /

"June 1979."

The investigation of present aggregate gradation control practices and the development of short-cut or alternative test methods /

Mode of access: Internet.

Energy management : DOE actions to improve oversight of contractors' subcontracting practices : report to the Chairman, Committee on Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate /

"B-245444"--P. 1.

Influence apart from Adoption: How Interaction between Programming and Scientific Practices Shapes Modes of Inquiry in Four Oceanography Teams

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2016-06

Human resource management, employee attitudes and business performance in Post Office Ltd

Whilst a consistent link between the adoption of human resource management (HRM) practices by organisations and their performance has been confirmed by numerous studies, there is a need for greater understanding of why such effects occur. Recently, the attention of researchers has shifted towards understanding the so-called ‘black box’ linking HRM and business performance. This study focuses on this area of research by testing processes through which HRM may affect performance, in particular the process of HR implementation, mediation mechanisms, and fit with internal and external boundary conditions. This research was based on a sample of 136 Post Office branches in the UK and investigated the role of HR implementation, employee attitudes and competitive environment. The study revealed that HR implementation, a climate for service, job satisfaction and effective organisational commitment predicted independent measures of economic and service performance in branches. Employee attitudes moderated the relationship between implemented HRM and service performance, and both job satisfaction and commitment were found to mediate relationships between a climate for service and service performance. Finally, relative levels of competition faced by branches moderated the relationship between employee attitudes and sales. The findings demonstrate how the process of HR implementation, interactions with employee attitudes and moderation by external competition all influence the impact of HR systems on service and economic performance outcomes. These results illustrate the need for greater attention to processes of internal and external fit within HRM research in order to develop theory relating to why HR systems affect performance.

Translation practices in political institutions:a comparison of national, supranational, and non-governmental organisations

This article explores the settings and practices of translation at three types of political institutions, i.e. national, supranational, and non-governmental organisations. The three institutions are the translation service of the German Foreign Office, the translation department of the European Central Bank, and translation provision by the non-governmental organisation Amnesty International. The three case studies describe the specific translation practices in place at these institutions and illustrate some characteristic translation strategies. In this way, we reflect on how different translation practices can impact on translation agency and how these practices in turn are influenced by the type of institution and its organisational structure. The article also aims to explore to which extent the characteristics of collectivity, anonymity and standardisation, and of institutional translation as self-translation are applicable to the institutions under discussion.

Promoting Decent Work in Global Supply Chains in Latin America and the Caribbean: Key Issues, Good Practices, Lessons Learned and Policy Insights

The report is based on a desk-based review, drawing upon existing studies of global supply chains (GSCs) to examine their impacts and implications for the development of domestic firms, their contribution to productive transformation and structural change and their impacts on the quantity and quality of jobs in the LAC region. It situates the expansion of GSCs in the region within an analytical framework that recognizes both the economic and social upgrading dimensions and the impacts on firms and workers. Special attention is given to the mechanisms for governing the terms and conditions of engagement between firms and between firms and workers in GSCs, with the aim of identifying ways to jointly pursue the goals of raising competitiveness and of promoting productive employment and decent work.

The Office of the Auditor General of Canada : Government in Exile? (Working Paper 31)

How can a "servant of Parliament" be held in check if it disregards the constitutional conventions of responsible government and takes a place in its own right in the representative institutions? the paper presents a history of the modernization of the legislative audit in the federal Parliament. It considers the evolution of the powers and practices of the Office of the Auditor General, how its role has become intertwined with that of Treasury Board Secretariat, and the eclipse of the House of Commons' Standing Committee on Public Accounts. The paper is an abridged version of a paper prepared for a conference in Saskatoon in November, 2001. It is to be published in a UBC Press volume edited by David Smith, John Courtney and Duff Spafford of the Department of Political Science at the University of Saskatchewan. The Press will hold copyright. See also "Biggest Scandal in Canadian History," School of Policy Studies Working Paper Number 23.