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Individual and Job-Based Determinants of Performance Appraisal: Evidence from Germany
Grund, Christian; Sliwka, Dirk - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
We investigate the use of performance appraisal (PA) in German Firms. First, we derive hypotheses on individual and job based determinants of PA usage. Based on a representative German data set on individual employees, we test these hypotheses and also explore the impact of PA on performance pay...
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The Determinants of Performance Appraisal Systems: A Note (Do Brown and Heywood’s Results for Australia Hold Up for Britain?)
Addison, John T.; Belfield, Clive R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
This paper offers a replication for Britain of Brown and Heywood’s analysis of the determinants of performance appraisal in Australia. Although there are some important limiting differences between our two datasets - the AWIRS and the WERS - we reach one central point of agreement and one...
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Performance Pay and Risk Aversion
Grund, Christian; Sliwka, Dirk - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
A main prediction of agency theory is the well known risk-incentive trade-off. Incentive contracts should be found in environments with little uncertainty and for agents with low degrees of risk aversion. There is an ongoing debate in the literature about the first trade-off. Due to lack of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822413
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Trust and Control at the Workplace: Evidence from Representative Samples of Employees in Europe
Grund, Christian; Harbring, Christine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Based on two representative samples of employees, the German Socio Economic Panel and the European Social Survey, we explore the relation between certain measures of control in employment relationships (i.e. working time regulations, use of performance appraisal systems, monitoring by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005011897
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Performance Appraisal: Dimensions and Determinants
Bayo-Moriones, Alberto; Galdón-Sánchez, José Enrique; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
The determinants of the dimensions that shape a formal system of performance appraisal are studied in relation to a sample of Spanish manufacturing establishments. In particular, the factors that influence the measures used to evaluate performance, the person who carries out such appraisal and...
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Communication and Trust in Principal-Team Relationships: Experimental Evidence
Kleine, Marco; Kube, Sebastian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
We study how upward communication – from workers to managers – about individual efforts affects the effectiveness of gift exchange as a contract-enforcement device for work teams. Our findings suggest that the use of such self-assessments can be detrimental to workers' performance. In the...
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Is Rationing in the Microfinance Sector Determined by the Microfinance Type? Evidence from Ghana
Diaz-Serrano, Luis; Sackey, Frank Gyimah - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
microfinance type based on the major factors determining micro, small and medium enterprises' access to credit from microfinance … institutions in the era of financial liberalization. The data for the study were gleaned from fourteen microfinance institutions … rationing is not influenced by the microfinance types but by the individual microfinance institutions. …
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Economic Governance of MFIs: Inside the Black Box
Arun, Thankom; Annim, Samuel Kobina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
This paper investigates a relationship between economic governance and the dual objectives of Microfinance Institutions … atmosphere that will enhance the achievement of microfinance social objectives. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008455552
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What Makes Small Firms Grow? Finance, Human Capital, Technical Assistance, and the Business Environment in Romania
Brown, J. David; Earle, John S.; Lup, Dana - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
Although the development of a new private sector is generally considered crucial to economic transition, there has been rather little empirical research on the determinants of startup firm growth. This paper uses panel data techniques to analyze a survey of 297 new small enterprises in Romania...
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Behavioral Foundations of Microcredit: Experimental and Survey Evidence from Rural India
Bauer, Michal; Chytilová, Julie; Morduch, Jonathan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Microcredit is an innovative financial tool designed to reduce poverty and fix credit market imperfections. We use experimental measures of time discounting and risk aversion for villagers in south India to highlight behavioral features of microcredit. Conditional on borrowing from any source,...
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