Big Data: Infallible Robots versus Fallible Humans!

How software helps firms hire workers more efficiently. The problem with human resource managers is that they are human. They have biases; they make mistakes. However, with better tools they can make better hiring decisions, say advocates of ‘big data’. Software that crunches piles of information can spot things that may not be apparant to… Read More

Beware the Impact of Pay Injustice

This article examines three studies of how pay justice can affect employee behaviour. As the authors point out, previous research investigating justice has established four types of reward-related justice, namely: The fairness of the actual rewards given to an individual, known as ‘distributive justice’; Procedures used to determine reward decisions, known as ‘procedural justice’; The… Read More