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HRM and workplace motivation : incremental and threshold effects
White, Michael; Bryson, Alex - 2011
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Flexibilisation without hesitation? : temporary contracts and workers' satisfaction
Chadi, Adrian; Hetschko, Clemens - 2013
Fixed-term contracts are often considered a key policy tool for increasing employment. As we show that contract limitation lowers job satisfaction using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel study, we detect a drawback of promoting temporary employment that has not been identified so far. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009727165
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Welfare while working : how does the life satisfaction approach help to explain job search behavior?
Wolf, Tobias - 2020
This paper examines the role of life satisfactioninthe labor market behavior of workers receiving welfare benefits while working. Welfare stigma and other hard-to-observe factors may affect outcomes as on-the-job search and the duration until leaving welfare status. We utilize life satisfaction...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012265186
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Gesetzlich garantierte "Sabbaticals" - ein Modell für Deutschland? : Argumente, Befunde und Erfahrungen aus anderen europäischen Ländern
Wotschack, Philip; Samtleben, Claire; Allmendinger, Jutta - 2017
, berufliche Umorientierung, Kinderbetreuung, Pflege, Erholung oder Freizeit. Derzeit können Sabbaticals in Deutschland nur im … kann. Dazu werden auf der einen Seite Probleme und Handlungsfelder in der bestehenden Regelungspraxis in Deutschland … möglichen Einführung eines Rechtsanspruchs in Deutschland zu erwarten sind und Anforderungen an dessen institutionelle …
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Search and equilibrium prices : theory and evidence from retail diesel
Cabral, Luís M. B.; Schober, Dominik; Woll, Oliver - 2019 - This version: March 27, 2019
We examine the relation between consumer search and equilibrium prices when collusion is endogenously determined. We develop a theoretical model and show that average price is a U-shaped function of the measure of searchers: prices are highest when there are no searchers (local monopoly power)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012007152
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Whom to inform about prices? : evidence from the german fuel market
Montag, Felix; Sagimuldina, Alina; Winter, Christoph - 2023
Combining a theoretical model of imperfect information with empirical evidence, we show how the effect of providing price information to consumers depends on how well informed they are beforehand. Theoretically, an increase in consumer information decreases prices more, the fewer ex ante...
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Arbeitsrechtliche Hemmnisse für die Anreizwirkung flexibler Entgeltsysteme
Oechsler, Walter A. - 2001
Wage flexibility is often considered to be caused by the highly regulated labor market and the rigid system of labor law existing in Germany, especially in the field of wage determination. In this paper the impact of existing labor agreements on incentive systems in Germany is analyzed. It...
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Fremdvergabe von IT-Dienstleistungen aus personalwirtschaftlicher Sicht
Henkel, Joachim - 2002
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Use of digital technologies for HR management in Germany : survey evidence
Chugunova, Marina; Danilov, Anastasia - 2023
Using a survey with 57 German firms, we evaluate the level of digitalization of the human resource management (HRM) function and document perceived benefits and barriers of technology adoption from organizational and individual users’ perspectives. The results give reason for optimism. Most of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014476822
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How does innovation affect worker well-being?
Barth, Erling; Bryson, Alex; Dale-Olsen, Harald - 2009
We explore the effects of management innovations on worker well-being using private sector linked employer-employee data for Britain. We find management innovations are associated with lower worker well-being and lower job satisfaction, an effect which becomes more pronounced when we account for...
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