Nottingham Trent University

About: Nottingham Trent University is a education organization based out in Nottingham, United Kingdom. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Context (language use). The organization has 4702 authors who have published 12862 publications receiving 307430 citations. The organization is also known as: NTU & Trent Polytechnic.

Guest editors' introduction: Is the HRM process important? Past, current, and future challenges

Abstract: Ten years ago, Bowen and Ostroff (2004) criticized the one-sided focus on the content-based approach, where researchers take into account the inherent virtues (or vices) associated with the content of HR practices to explain performance. They explicitly highlight the role of the psychological processes through which employees attach meaning to HRM. In this first article of the special section entitled “Is the HRM Process Important?” we present an overview of past, current, and future challenges. For past challenges, we attempt to categorize the various research streams that originated from the seminal piece. To outline current challenges, we present the results of a content analysis of the original 15 articles put forward for the special section. In addition, we provide the overview of a caucus focused on this theme that was held at the Academy of Management annual meeting in Boston in 2012. In conclusion, we discuss future challenges relating to the HRM process approach and review the contributions that have been selected—against a competitive field—for this special issue

Strategic Management: An Evaluation of the Use of Three Learning Methods.

Abstract: The article examines the use of three learning methods in the teaching of strategic management; the case method, simulation and action learning, in the form of a consultancy project A survey of course members’ perceptions of learning outcomes indicates that simulation is the most effective method Conclusions are provided for the design of strategic management programmes and the development of action learning projects

The roots of granular computing

Abstract: Granular Computing arose as a synthesis of insights into human-centred information processing by Zadeh in the late '90s and the Granular Computing name was coined, at this early stage, by T.Y Lin. Although the name is now in widespread use, or perhaps because of it, there are calls for a clarification of the distinctiveness of Granular Computing against the background of other human-centred information processing paradigms. This study examines the basic motivation for information granulation and casts Granular Computing as a structured combination of algorithmic and non-algorithmic information processing that mimics human, intelligent synthesis of knowledge from information.

Moderators of the relationship between long work hours and health.

Abstract: The authors examined how associations between work hours and self-reported health are moderated by the reasons given for working overtime, by schedule autonomy, and by the degree of social support experienced, in a survey of 372 train drivers. Respondents who lacked both schedule autonomy and social support demonstrated positive associations between the number of hours worked per week and frequency of physical health symptoms. Conversely, negative associations were observed among respondents reporting low schedule autonomy together with high social support. There were no such interactions in the analyses of fatigue and psychological health outcomes. The findings are discussed in terms of the fit between an individual's actual and desired work hours. The problems of identifying appropriate limits for work hours are highlighted.