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The paper develops a model of trade union behaviour based on the concept of the viable bargaining unit. Bargaining unit viability rests on five conditions; membership level, service level, membership participation, employer recognition and facilities. Viability is achieved by mobilisation of...
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Contemporary political, economic and social conditions heighten the demand placed upon organizations to create strategy … designed to manage uncertainty. It is suggested that a broader analytical repertoire may support development of insight into … together an analysis of the subjective time-risk relationships influencing strategy formation during this period. We being by …
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with low risks and reviewing performance, building on the analysis by the same authors in the previous edition of this … accompanied by the Good Regulatory Assessment Framework (GRAF) for agencies to use in reviewing their performance and provides a …
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to performance. For the first time we employ a Hodrick-Prescott Filter, a methodology widely used in macroeconomics to …
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the hypothesis that ownership-specific advantages are a major determinant of performance differences. This paper explores … performance issues using the eclectic paradigm configuration of hotel and hospitality multinationals (NACE=55), operating in …
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We analyze the performance outcomes of National Hockey League (NHL) players over 18 seasons (1990-1991 to 2007-2008) as … chiefly by supply-side factors in the form of excess cohort competition and not quality differences since the performance of … cohorts. Performance-adjusted wage losses for those born in large birth cohorts are therefore greater than the raw estimates …
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. In a natural experiment, we study the gender difference in performance resulting from changes in stakes. We use detailed … information on the performance of high-school students and exploit the variation in the stakes of tests, which range from 5% to 27 …
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We analyze the impact of interim ranking on the risk taking and performance behaviour of professional athletes …
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In this study we examine whether a workplace can induce good or bad attitudes among its employees and whether any such ¿workplace attitudes¿ affect economic outcomes. This study analyzes responses of thousands of employees working in nearly two hundred branches to the emp loyee opinion survey...
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This paper explores the sources of uncertainty that cause firms to revise their capital investment plans and the stock … market to revise its valuation of those firms. A simple method is developed to decompose the uncertainty governing revisions … idiosyncratic uncertainty, but common disturbances are more important for movements in the stock market rate of return. …
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