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An examination of gender-related attitudes among managers.

Massey, Mary Ann. - Florida Atlantic University

This two-part study included two procedures: (1) the development of an instrument to assess gender-related attitudes among male and female managers, and (2) the collection and analysis of data on gender-related attitudes among male and female managers. Male and female managers (n = 165)...

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Social Reactions to Overconfidence: Do the Costs of Overconfidence Outweigh the Benefits?

Kennedy, Jessica A.; Anderson, Cameron; Moore, Don A. - Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE), … - 2011

Scholars have recently proposed that overconfidence pervades self-judgment because of the social benefits it provides individuals, such as higher status in groups (Anderson, Brion, & Moore, 2010). A counter-argument to this social-functional account of overconfidence is that the possible social...

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Apples to Oranges: How Category Overlap Facilitates Commensuration in an Online Market Environment

Leung, Ming D. - Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE), … - 2012

This paper theorizes on how categorical distinctions affect market closure. Contrary to expectations that greater variation in choices allows a buyer to optimize their transactions, I find evidence in a labor market for freelancing services which suggests otherwise. In particular, the less...

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Unemployment Insurance and Job Search in the Great Recession

Rothstein, Jesse - Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE), … - 2011

Nearly two years after the official end of the "Great Recession," the labor marketremains historically weak. One candidate explanation is supply-side effects driven bydramatic expansions of Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefit durations, to as many as 99 weeks. This paper investigates the effect...

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Job Categories and Geographic Identity: A Category Stereotype Explanation for Occupational Agglomeration

Leung, Ming D. - Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE), … - 2012

I examine the phenomenon of occupational agglomeration â€“ the observation that workers with similar skills tend to co-locate geographically. Extant explanations point to the fact that industries also tend to agglomerate â€“ thereby creating a need for a particular type of employee to...

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Influences on the performance of organizational knowledge transfer.

Meckler, Mark Robert. - Florida Atlantic University

scope. For this research, I draw upon theory concerning business policy and strategy (the resource-based view of the firm … scope. For this research, I draw upon theory concerning business policy and strategy (the resource-based view of the firm …

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The relationship between employee job satisfaction and key customer outcomes: A study among temporary workers.

Hagan, Christine M. - Florida Atlantic University

, and customers' future behavioral intentions concerning doing business with the firm in the future (e.g., to increase … business, to recommend the organization to others, etc.). The Job Descriptive Index (JDI) and its related Job-in-General scale … intentions concerning doing business with the organization in the future (r = .20; p < .05). Customer quality perceptions were …

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