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Age structure of the workforce and firm performance

Grund, Christian (contributor); … - 2005

In this contribution, we examine the interrelation between corporate age structures and firm performance. In particular, we address the issues, whether firms with young rather than older employees are successful and whether firms with homogeneous or heterogeneous workforces are doing well....

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Workforce segmentation in Germany : from the founding era to the present time

Eichhorst, Werner; Kendzia, Michael Jan - 2014

dualization is the result of firms which are likely to hire full-time and long-term workforce for its core activities performed by … the core workforce while relying on more flexible forms of employment for other activities. Based on an in …-depth examination of the structure of the workforce since the founding of the German state, this paper seeks to explore the factors …

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The role of employees’ age for the relation between job autonomy and sickness absence

Grund, Christian; Rubin, Maike - 2020

We investigate whether job autonomy is associated with employees' sickness absence. We can make use of the representative German Study of Mental Health at Work data. In line with our theoretical considerations, we do find evidence for an inverse relation between employees' job autonomy and days...

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Monetary rewards, hierarchy level and working hours as drivers of employees' self-evaluations

Grund, Christian; Soboll, Alexandra - 2023

In this study, we explore the relation between job characteristics and employees' self-evaluations of performance in comparison to their colleagues' performance. Making use of unique individual panel data of ten large firms in Germany's chemical industry, we focus on monetary rewards (bonus...

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The use of performance appraisals and employees' presenteeism behavior

Grund, Christian; Nießen, Anna - 2024

Presenteeism behavior, i.e. working despite illness, is a common phenomenon wordwide and can have severe consequences for employees and firms alike. In this study, we investigate the relation between the use of company performance appraisals and employees' presenteeism behavior. We use...

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Institutional arrangements, employment performance and the quality of work

Eichhorst, Werner; Marx, Paul; Tobsch, Verena - 2009

The observation of highly regulated, but successful economies has given rise to the hypothesis of various viable models of labor market adaptability. The paper presents a quantitative indicator that tries to avoid a simplified flexibility-rigidity dichotomy and provides a detailed picture of the...

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A roadmap to vocational education and training systems around the world

Eichhorst, Werner; Rodríguez-Planas, Núria; Schmidl, … - 2012

With young people among the big losers of the recent financial crisis, vocational education and training (VET) is often seen as the silver bullet to the problem of youth joblessness. This paper provides a better understanding of VET around the world, dealing with three types of vocational...

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Revisiting dualism? : the governance of the low pay-low skill labour market in four European countries

Eichhorst, Werner; Scalise, Gemma - 2024

The permanent restructuring of the economy, exacerbated by the digital transition and combined with labour market dualization, is progressively increasing semi- and low-skilled workers' risk of marginalization. This article analyses how countries balance employment and equality concerns in core...

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