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Consistency in Organization (updated)
Schlicht, Ekkehart - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
attenuation of incentives, or the role of routines and incentives. It implies a perceptional theory of the firm that is realistic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009251371
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Consistency in Organization
Schlicht, Ekkehart - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
Recent thinking has emphasized the importance of consistency in a firm’s compensation policy. By starting from Williamson’s ideas about idiosyncratic exchange, this view can be supplied with some theoretical foundation. At the same time, the consistency view can be applied to a number of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763891
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A Model of Worker Investment in Safety and Its Effects on Accidents and Wages
Guardado, José R.; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
In this paper, we develop a theoretical model of worker investment in safety. Standard theory assumes that injury risk … individual safety investments that reduce the risk of injury. This results in a negative association between individual injury … safety. In line with our model predictions, we find a significant positive compensating wage differential (CWD) for nonfatal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010666574
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An Inquiry into the Theory, Causes and Consequences of Monitoring Indicators of Health and Safety at Work
Pouliakas, Konstantinos; Theodossiou, Ioannis - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
and consequences of occupational safety and health (OSH). First, it synthesizes the available theoretical frameworks used … improve the health and safety of workers. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008480916