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Globalization and imperfect labor market sorting
Davidson, Carl; Heyman, Fredrik; Matusz, Steven; … - In: Journal of International Economics 94 (2014) 2, pp. 177-194
This paper focuses on the ability of the labor market to efficiently match heterogeneous workers to jobs within a given … evidence that openness improves the matching between workers and firms in industries with greater comparative advantage. This …
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High involvement management and employee well-being : giving employees more discretion at work can boost their satisfaction and well-being
Böckerman, Petri - 2015
A wide range of high involvement management practices, such as self-managed teams, incentive pay schemes, and employer-provided training have been shown to boost firms' productivity and financial performance. However, less is known about whether these practices, which give employees more...
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"Love it, change it, or leave it" : understanding highly-skilled flexible workers' job satisfaction from a psychological contract perspective
Wilkens, Uta; Nermerich, Daniel - In: Management revue : socio-economic studies 22 (2011) 1, pp. 65-83
In order to understand highly-skilled flexible workers' job satisfaction, we take their track records into … approach, investigating data from 13 indepth interviews with workers from knowledge-intensive working contexts. As a result, it …
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Watch your workers win : changing job demands and HRM responses
Haywood, Luke - In: Management revue : socio-economic studies 22 (2011) 1, pp. 47-64
earnings differentials, we focus on non-labour income (e.g. lottery winnings). We test how it affects workers’ preferences …
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Job design and job satisfaction : empirical evidence for Germany?
Fahr, René - In: Management revue : socio-economic studies 22 (2011) 1, pp. 28-46
job satisfaction as a proxy variable for workers' utility following the approach suggested in Clark/Oswald (1996). We …-match on job satisfaction. In particular, workers whose observable characteristics match the requirements of enriched … workplaces report higher job satisfaction than workers who were mis-matched to enriched workplaces. …
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A New Model for Workplace Development in Finland. Rethinking Employee Participation and the Quality of Working Life in the Context of Broad-based Innovation Policy
Alasoini, Tuomo - In: International Journal of Action Research 8 (2012) 3, pp. 245-265
This article considers possibilities and challenges included in the attachment of workplace development as a part of innovation policy. The example used here is Finland, which has carried out a determined innovation policy for a long time and where the government and labour market organisations...
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The influence of entrepreneur’s characteristics on small manufacturing firm debt financing
Slavec, Alenka; Prodan, Igor - In: Journal for East European Management Studies 17 (2012) 1, pp. 104-130
This paper investigates how entrepreneur’s characteristics determine debt financing of small manufacturing firms. In particular, we investigate the influence of entrepreneurial self-efficacy, strong and weak social ties, gender, age, and entrepreneur’s educational level on small firm debt...
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Socio-political Perspectives on Action Research. Traditions in Western Europe – Especially in Germany and Scandinavia
Fricke, Werner - In: International Journal of Action Research 7 (2011) 3, pp. 248-261
Drawing upon experiences from Scandinavia and Germany this paper argues, that any action research project should be aware of the socio-political context, in which it is taking place and which it is a part of. As a consequence I concentrate on a socio-political perspective on action research...
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Do higher child care subsidies improve parental well-being? Evidence from Quebec's family policies
Brodeur, Abel; Connolly, Marie - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 93 (2013) C, pp. 1-16
In this paper, we investigate the effect of a change in child care subsidies on parental subjective well-being. Starting in 1997, the Canadian province of Quebec implemented a generous program providing $5-a-day child care to children under the age of 5. By 2007, the percentage of children...
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Mind the (Gender) Gap. Gender, Gender Role Types, and Their Effects on Objective Career Success over Time
Schneidhofer, Thomas M.; Schiffinger, Michael; … - In: management revue. Socio-economic Studies 21 (2010) 4, pp. 437-457
Drawing on ideas by Pierre Bourdieu, this paper analyzes the effects of gender and gender role type (GRT) for objective career success (i.e., income) over time. Empirically, data from two cohorts of business school graduates were analyzed with mixed linear models. Gender and GRT, both perceived...
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