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Worker satisfaction and worker representation : the jury is still out
Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino - 2022
This paper investigates the relationship between worker job satisfaction and workplace representation, to include works councils as well as local union agencies. The paper marks a clear shift away from the traditional focus on union membership per se because its sample of EU nations have...
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Reforming an institutional culture of corruption : a model of motivated agents and collective reputation
Valasek, Justin Mattias - 2015
from a low-reputation to a high-reputation steady state: Importantly, the effect of wages on motivation depend on the … initial reputation - starting from low-reputation, higher wages crowd in motivation, while starting from high …-reputation, higher wages crowd out motivation. Therefore, a non-monotonic wage path is required to achieve a transition to the low …
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Bribing the self
Genîzî, Ûrî; Saccardo, Silvia; Serra-Garcia, Marta; … - 2020
Expert advice is often biased in ways that benefit the advisor. We demonstrate how selfdeception helps advisors be biased while preserving their self-image as ethical and identify limits to advisors' ability to self-deceive. In experiments where advisors recommend one of two investments to a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012157246
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The desire for impact
Dur, Robert A. J. (contributor); Glazer, Amihai (contributor) - 2005
This paper explores the meaning and implications of the desire by workers for impact. We find that this impact motive can make firms in a competitive labor market act as monopsonists, lead workers with the same characteristics but at different firms to earn different wages, may alleviate the...
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Stress and coping : an economic approach
Wälde, Klaus - 2018
We present a psychological model of stress. Appraisal translates stressors into subjective stress. Stress reduces instantaneous utility of an individual directly and via cognitive load. Coping can be under the control of the individual or more automatic. We predict the occurrence of uncontrolled...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011819320
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How much do workers actually value working from home?
Nagler, Markus; Rincke, Johannes; Winkler, Erwin - 2022
Working from home (WFH) has become ubiquitous around the world. We ask how much workers actually value this job attribute. Using a stated-preference experiment, we show that German employees are willing to give up 7.7% of their earnings for WFH, but they value other job attributes more. For...
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Picture this: social distance and the mistreatment of migrant workers
Barsbai, Toman; Bartoš, Vojtěch; Licuanan, Victoria S.; … - 2022
We experimentally study an intervention to reduce mistreatment of Filipino overseas domestic workers (DWs) by their employers. Encouraging DWs to show their employers a family photo while providing a small gift when starting employment reduced DW mistreatment, increased their job satisfaction,...
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High-pressure, high-paying jobs?
Nagler, Markus; Rincke, Johannes; Winkler, Erwin - 2022
Work-related stress has reportedly increased over time. Using worker-level survey data, we build a measure of work pressure strongly associated with adverse health outcomes. In line with theories of compensating differentials, work pressure comes with a sizable earnings premium, even within...
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Own motivation, peer motivation, and educational success
Bietenbeck, Jan - 2020
I study how motivation shapes own and peers' educational success. Using data from Project STAR, I find that academic … motivation in early elementary school, as measured by a standardized psychological test, predicts contemporaneous and future test … motivation does not affect longer-term educational success, likely because it does not change own motivation. …
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Perceived legitimacy and motivation effects of authority
Herz, Holger; Zihlmann, Christian - 2024
Organizational structures are an important determinant of individual incentives and thus individual motivation in … organizations. We study whether their effects on individual motivation go beyond incentives and how they relate to the perceived …
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