Die Internationalisierung der Wirtschaft führte zu einem Anstieg der ins Ausland entsandten Arbeitnehmer. Dabei konnte ein scheinbar paradoxes Phänomen beobachtet werden: die meisten Expatriates vereinigten zwar vermeintlich exzellente Fähigkeiten, um ihre Arbeit im Ausland erfolgreich zu...

Das heutige Wissenschaftssystem ist durch zunehmenden Wettbewerb um die Optimierung messbarer Aspekte von Forschung geprägt. Quantifizierung, Indikatorisierung und der Einsatz von Metriken in der wissenschaftlichen Leistungsbeurteilung bestimmen den Forschungsalltag. Der daraus resultierende...

"The impact of atypical employment on the ability of the labour market to function depends on how it is used. In this paper we first define three motives for the use of atypical employment: adjustment to fluctuations in business activity, improvement of personnel selection by extending...

"During the recession of 2008-09 Germany experienced a huge decrease in GDP. Employment, however, remained surprisingly stable. The so-called German labor market miracle is often ascribed to the intensive usage of short-time work. Despite the resurgence of this instrument, little is known about...

"During the recession of 2008-09 Germany experienced a huge decrease in GDP. Employment, however, remained surprisingly stable. The so-called German labor market miracle is often ascribed to the intensive usage of short-time work. Despite the resurgence of this instrument, little is known about...

The impact of atypical employment on the ability of the labour market to function depends on how it is used. In this paper we first define three motives for the use of atypical employment: adjustment to fluctuations in business activity, improvement of personnel selection by extending...

Variable pay not only creates a link between pay and performance but may also help firms in attracting the more productive employees (Lazear 1986, 2000). However, due to lack of natural data, empirical analyses of the relative importance of the selection and incentive effects of pay schemes are...