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Self-Managed Working Time and Employee Effort: Microeconometric Evidence
Beckmann, Michael; Cornelissen, Thomas - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014
Based on German individual-level panel data, this paper empirically examines the impact of self-managed working time (SMWT) on employee effort. Theoretically, workers may respond positively or negatively to having control over their own working hours, depending on whether SMWT increases work...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010748386
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Freizeitstress: wenn die Arbeit ständig ruft
Schult, Mandy; Tobsch, Verena - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012
Little is known so far about on-call duty such as work on demand or standby service. Both types of flexible working time arrangements have in common that employees are called for work during their leisure time. Periods of regeneration will be interrupted and may cause stress. Using data of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128983
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Do Acquaintances and Friends Make Us Learn?: Social Capital and Lifelong Learning in Germany
Thum, Anna-Elisabeth; Beblavy, Miroslav - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014
This paper examines the relationship between social capital and adult learning. We test this association empirically using measures of various types of social capital and adult learning based on the German Socioeconomic Panel. We use predetermined measures of social capital to exclude social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011185788
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Trust, Positive Reciprocity, and Negative Reciprocity: Do These Traits Impact Entrepreneurial Dynamics?
Caliendo, Marco; Fossen, Frank M.; Kritikos, Alexander S. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2010
-Economic Panel and recently introduced questions about trust, positive reciprocity, and negative reciprocity to examine the extent … willingness to trust other people influences the probability of starting a business; ii) trust, positive reciprocity, and negative … reciprocity influence the exit probability of entrepreneurs; and iii) willingness to trust and to act reciprocally influences the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008784518
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Reciprocity and Incentive Pay in the Workplace
Dur, Robert; Non, Arjan; Roelfsema, Hein - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2009
We study optimal incentive contracts for workers who are reciprocal to management attention. When neither worker's effort nor manager's attention can be contracted, a double moral-hazard problem arises, implying that reciprocal workers should be given weak financial incentives. In a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005018695
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The Returns to Cognitive Abilities and Personality Traits in Germany
Heineck, Guido; Anger, Silke - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2008
set of measures of personality traits, namely locus of control, reciprocity and all basic items from the Five Factor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005018738