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Keeping in touch with citizens online : social media usage in dutch local government
Faber, Bram; Budding, Tjerk; Gradus, Raymond - 2019
In recent years, social media has become a major venue for the interplay between citizens and public sector organizations, in order to facilitate corporate dialog. However, not much comprehensive research has been done on how interactivity between local governments and citizens takes shape....
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Social network sites, individual social capital and happiness
Arampatzi, Efstratia; Burger, Martijn J.; Novik, Natallia A. - 2016
Can online social contacts replace the importance of real-life social connections in our pursuit of happiness? With the growing use of social network sites (SNSs), attention has been increasingly drawn to this topic. Our study empirically examines the effect of SNS use on happiness for different...
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Disinformation for hire : examining the production of false COVID-19 information
Cohn, Alain; Stoop, Jan; Rahman, Hatim A. - 2022
Misinformation is linked to increased social divisions and adverse health outcomes. While most research focuses on the spread of misinformation, we examine the production of misinformation intended to mislead (disinformation). Our field experiment (N=1,200) found, adjusting for circumstantial...
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Naïve learning in social networks with random communication
Heidergott, Bernd; Huang, Jiaping; Lindner, Ines - 2018
We study social learning in a social network setting where agents receive independent noisy signals about the truth. Agents naïvely update beliefs by repeatedly taking weighted averages of neighbors' opinions. The weights are fixed in the sense of representing average frequency and intensity of...
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Naϊve learning in social networks with fake news : bots as a singularity
Badri, Saeed; Heidergott, Bernd; Lindner, Ines - 2022
We study the impact of bots on social learning in a social network setting. Regular agents receive independent noisy signals about the true value of a variable and then communicate in a network. They na¨ıvely update beliefs by repeatedly taking weighted averages of neighbors' opinions. Bots...
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The inefficient advantage of experience in the market for football managers
Peeters, Thomas; Szymanski, Stefan; Terviö, Marko - 2017
We study hiring in a labor market where worker ability can only be observed on-the-job, but quickly becomes public information after labor market entry. We show that firms in these markets have a socially inefficient incentive to hire low talented, experienced workers instead of more promising...
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Ability dispersion and team performance
Hoogendoorn, Sander; Parker, Simon C.; Praag, Mirjam van - 2014
What is the effect of dispersed levels of cognitive ability of members of a (business) team on their teamś performance? This paper reports the results of a field experiment in which 573 students in 49 teams start up and manage real companies under identical circumstances. We ensured exogenous...
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Ability dispersion and team performance : a field experiment
Hoogendoorn, Sander; Parker, Simon C.; Praag, Mirjam van - 2012
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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. …
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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,...
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