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The adoption of new technologies and the age structure of the workforce
Meyer, Jenny (contributor) - 2008
This paper provides firm-level evidence for the relationship between the age structure of the workforce and the adoption of new or significantly improved technologies in service sector firms. Furthermore, it closes a research gap by analyzing the joint impact of the age of the workforce and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003728572
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Teamwork and intra-firm wage dispersion among blue-collar workers
Jirjahn, Uwe (contributor); Kraft, Kornelius (contributor) - 2008
Using data on a sample of manufacturing establishments in Germany, we find that the use of self-managed teams is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003652704
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Performance pay, group selection and group performance
Königstein, Manfred (contributor);  … - 2007
Within a laboratory experiment we investigate a principal-agent game in which agents may, first, self-select into a group task (GT) or an individual task (IT) and, second, choose work effort. In their choices of task and effort the agents have to consider pay contracts for both tasks as offered...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003577782
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Social ties and subjective performance evaluations : an empirical investigation
Breuer, Kathrin; Nieken, Petra; Sliwka, Dirk - 2010
themselves have evaluated before. -- Subjective performance evaluation ; bias ; social ties ; team size ; favoritism …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003959944
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Team incentives and performance : evidence from a retail chain
Friebel, Guido; Heinz, Matthias; Krüger, Miriam; … - 2015
We test the effectiveness of team incentives by running a natural field experiment in a retail chain of 193 shops and 1 … performance and relies on flexible task allocation among employees. On average, the team bonus increases sales and customer visits …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011317625
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Specific measures for older employees and late career employment
Boockmann, Bernhard; Fries, Jan; Goebel, Christian - 2012
heterogeneity and correct for stock-sampling. We find a positive effect of mixed-aged team work on employment duration and a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009657522
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The impact of managerial change on performance : the role of team heterogeneity
Hentschel, Sandra; Mühlheußer, Gerd; Sliwka, Dirk - 2012
this incentive mechanism is reinvigorated after a management change - but only when the team is sufficiently homogenous …. Indeed, we find substantial evidence that coach replacements enhance team performance (only) in homogenous teams. Moreover …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009629004
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Incentives and cooperation in firms : field evidence
Berger, Johannes; Herbertz, Claus; Sliwka, Dirk - 2011
importance of individual, team, and company performance for compensation, we find a significant positive relation between the … intensity of team incentives and several survey measures of cooperation. Moreover, higher powered team incentives are associated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009235552
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The effect of announced downsizing on workplace performance : evidence from a retail Chain
Friebel, Guido; Heinz, Matthias; Zubanov, Nick - 2016
We estimate the effect of downsizing announcement on workplace performance using data from a German bakery chain of 193 shops. Faced with intensified competition, the firm decided to sell or close down 57 of its worst performing shops. We identify the effect of downsizing from a plausibly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011452568
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Redesigning teams and incentives in a merger : an experiment with managers and students
Montmarquette, Claude; Rullière, Jean-Louis; Villeval, … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001948621