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Hiring, firing, education and productivity : a South-African case study
Frijters, Paul - 1997
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000956187
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Human capital, firm capabilities, and innovation
Bhaskarbhatla, Ajay; Hegde, Deepak; Peeters, Thomas - 2017
Are differences in inventor productivity due to differences in inventors’ skills or differences in the capabilities of the firms they work for? We analyze a 37-year panel that tracks the patenting of U.S. inventors and find strong evidence for serial correlation in inventors’ productivity....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011772909
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Temporary jobs and temporary workers : the Dutch experience
Russo, Giovanni; Gorter, Cees; Molenaar, Debora - 1997
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004367231
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On the role of pre-determined rules for HRM policies
Dominguez-Martinez, Silvia; Swank, Otto H. - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008857058
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Organization context and human resource management in the small firm
Kok, Jan M. P. de; Uhlaner, Lorraine M. - 2001
This paper examines the relationship between organization contextual variables and humanresource management (HRM) practices in small firms. The proposed model is based on anintegration of theoretical perspectives, including the resource-based approach, institutionaltheory, transaction cost...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011316877
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On the role of pre-determined rules for HRM policies
Dominguez-Martinez, Silvia; Swank, Otto H. - 2011
Using simple game-theoretical models, this paper studies the role of pre-determined rules for HRM policies. We consider a model in which HRM decisions affect employees' self-images and thereby their motivation. We show that in the absence of written rules, managers are too reluctant (1) to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011383182
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Organization context and human resource management in the small firm
Kok, Jan M. P. de; Uhlaner, Lorraine M. - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001570561
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Sequential or non-sequential recruitment?
Ommeren, Jos van; Russo, Giovanni - 2004
This paper examines the recruitment process of firms. We test whether firms search sequentially or non …. We distinguish between different types of recruitment methods. We find that the sequential hiring is rejected for a … applications by job seekers. Informal recruitment methods tend to imply sequential search. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011337993
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The attractiveness of temporary employment to reduce adjustment costs
Graaf-Zijl, Marloes de - 2005
In this paper I determine the importance of adjustment costs in employers' hiring decisions. Temporary work arrangements offer potential ways to avoid adjustment costs. I estimate employers willingness to pay for the characteristics of these work arrangements. I distinguish regular contracts,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011348353
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A microeconomic model for employers' search in the labour market : the number of recruitment channels
Russo, Giovanni (contributor) - 1994
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000560209