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We explore the impact of mentoring of females and gender segregation on wages using a large longitudinal data set for Portugal. Female managers can protect and mentor female employees by paying them higher wages than male-led firms would do. We find that females can enjoy higher wages in...
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resource management systems at two garment factories manufacturing for export in India. They make the same product for the same … management ; labor productivity ; labor standards ; India ; garments …
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coordination within the organization and the structure of organization and bundling of HRMPs (Human Resource Management Practices … complementarity involving task coordination modes, HRMPs, training and hiring, and management strategies, and illustrates how such … in firms with joint labor-management committees. We also confirm implications from our theory that firms in more …
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We study how firm-specific complementary assets and intellectual property rights affect the management of knowledge …
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This paper studies the value of firms and their hiring and firing decisions in an environment where the productivity of the workers depends on how well they match with their co-workers and the firm acts as a coordinating device. Match quality derives from a production technology whereby workers...
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This article puts the relationship between wage dispersion and firm productivity to an updated test, taking advantage of access to detailed Belgian linked employer-employee panel data. Controlling for simultaneity issues, time-invariant workplace characteristics and dynamics in the adjustment...
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This paper analyses HRM practices of family-run workplaces using the 2004 WERS. Family-ownership and management within …
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Most firms rely on subjective evaluations by supervisors to assess their employees' performance. This article discusses the implementation of such appraisal processes, exploring the use of multiple research methods such as the analysis of personnel records, survey data, and lab and field...
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Optimal training decisions require employers to have accurate information about their workers' training needs. However, little is known with regard to the key factors determining the accurate transmission of worker training requirements. Using one of the few linked employer-employee surveys in...
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