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The anatomy of job satisfaction and the role of contingent employment contracts
Graaf-Zijl, Marloes de - 2005
In this paper I analyse job satisfaction using fixed effect analysis and a multiple equation model. Overall job satisfaction is analysed as an aggregate of satisfaction with several job aspects. I find that overall job satisfaction is mainly determined by satisfaction with job content. All...
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The anatomy of job satisfaction and the role of contingent employment contracts
Graaf-Zijl, Marloes de - 2005
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Interlocking boards and firm performance : evidence from a new panel database
Non, Mariëlle C.; Franses, Philip Hans - 2007
An interlock between two firms occurs if the firms share one or more directors in their boards of directors. We explore the effect of interlocks on firm performance for 101 large Dutch firms using a large and new panel database. We use five different performance measures, and for each...
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Unemployment, growth and the organisation of work
Groot, Henri L. F. de; Schaik, Ton H. M. van - 2002
-competitive wage differential between sectors and a monitoring intensity that is a source of fixed costs for the firm. Growth is driven … by investments in R&D performed in the high-wage sector. Unemployment is determined by the costs and benefits of waiting … for a high-paid job. The wage structure, growth, and unemployment are shown to depend on the way effort is extracted. …
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Learning from praise : evidence from a field experiment with teachers
Cotofan, Maria - 2019
Non-monetary incentives such as praise are common-place, but their effects on workers performing cognitively-complex tasks remain largely unknown. I expand the teacher incentive literature through a field experiment measuring how repeated public praise for the best teachers impacts teacher...
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The effect of job satisfaction on job search : not just whether, but also where
Delfgaauw, Josse - 2006
Using survey data of public sector employees in the Netherlands, this paper shows that workers' satisfaction with various job domains not only affects whether but also where workers search for another job. An intuitive pattern emerges. Workers try to leave their current employer when their job...
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The impact of matching mission preferences on well-being at work
Zoutenbier, Robin - 2014
A recent literature in economics assumes that workers differ in their mission preferences. These studies predict a premium on the matching of mission preferences between a worker and employer. This paper uses data from the Dutch LISS panel to examine this prediction for government workers....
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Determinants of job satisfaction across the EU-15 : a comparison of self-employed and paid employees
Millán Morera de la Vall, José María; Hessels, Jolanda; … - 2011 - Version: January 2011
Job satisfaction of self-employed and paid-employed workers is analyzed using the European Community Household Panel for the EU-15 covering the years 1994-2001. We distinguish between two types of job satisfaction, i.e. job satisfaction in terms of type of work and job satisfaction in terms of...
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Socially useless jobs
Dur, Robert A. J.; Lent, Max van - 2018 - This version: 31 March 2018
It has been claimed that many workers in modern economies think that their job is socially useless, i.e. that it makes no or a negative contribution to society. However, the evidence so far is mainly anecdotal. We use a representative dataset comprising 100,000 workers from 47 countries at four...
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Welfare effects of distortionary company car taxation
Gutiérrez-i-Puigarnau, Eva; Ommeren, Jos van - 2009
In Europe, company cars are offered by employers as fringe benefits to their employees at a lower price than employees pay in the car market, mainly due to favourable taxation of company cars. We analyse the welfare effects of favourable taxation of company cars for the Netherlands. The...
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