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Skill gaps in the workplace : measurement, determinants and impacts
McGuinness, Séamus; Ortiz, Luis - 2015
training expenditures and labour costs is also measured. The research finds that both HRM and collective bargaining … that skill gaps are a key determinant of training expenditures and tend to raise average labour costs. Finally, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011309034
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Innovations, wages and demand for heterogeneous labour : new evidence from a matched employer-employee data-set
Bellmann, Lutz; Schank, Thorsten - 2000
This paper examines the impact of innovations and wages on the demand for heterogeneous labour. Based on matched data … highly skilled blue collar workers, innovations have a positive and significant effect on labour demand for all groups, with … an estimated relative change of the conditional labour demand ranging between 3.2% and 6.3%. Between white collar workers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011318593
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Management practices, worker commitment, and workplace representation
Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino - 2020
Using multilevel mixed effects ordered logistic models, this paper conducts an original investigation of the new management as a technology approach for all EU nations in a framework that explicitly recognizes worker representation while incorporating the notion of affective commitment. It is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012227456
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Mutual gains? : is there a role for employee engagement in the modern workplace?
Bryson, Alex - 2017
I examine the history of employee engagement and how it has been characterised by thinkers in sociology, psychology, management and economics. I suggest that, while employers may choose to invest in employee engagement, there are alternative management strategies that may be profit-maximising. I...
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Between the dockyard and the deep blue sea: retention and personnel economics in the Royal Navy
Glaser, Darrell J.; Rahman, Ahmed S. - 2021
This paper tackles some issues in personnel economics using the career profiles of British naval officers during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. We ask how promotions, payouts, positions, and peers affect worker retention. Random variation in task assignments and job promotions allows us...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012418482
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Do German works councils counter or foster the implementation of digital technologies?
Genz, Sabrina; Bellmann, Lutz; Matthes, Britta - 2018
As works councils' information, consultation and co-determination rights affect the decision process of the management, works councils play a key role in the implementation of digital technologies in establishments. However, previous research focuses on the potential of digital technologies to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011875654
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Complementarity in employee participation systems: international evidence
Burdín, Gabriel; Kato, Takao - 2021
We describe the nature, scope and effects of various non-mandated participatory work practices in Japan, the U.S. and Europe through the lens of complementarity in organizations. Specifically, rather than treating each work practice in isolation, we consider it an element of HIWS (High...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012612533
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The "good workplace" : the role of joint consultative committees, unions and HR policies in employee ratings of workplaces in Britain
Barry, Michael P.; Bryson, Alex; Gómez, Rafael; … - 2018
Using new, rich data on a representative sample of British workers, we examine the relationship between joint consultation systems at the workplace and employee satisfaction, accounting for possible interactions with union and management-led high-commitment strategies. We focus on non-union...
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Internal promotion or external hire? : staffing management positions when employees have a seat in the boardroom
Gregorič, Aleksandra; Kato, Takao; Larsen, Casper Berg … - 2024
We join the scholarly conversation on the implications of the different configurations of firms' stakeholder coalitions for their employment practices, by investigating how the structural arrangements granting employees a role in firm boards of directors (employee governance representation, EGR)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015064437
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ICT skills and employment : a randomized experiment
Blanco, Mariana; López Bóo, Florencia - 2010
The aim of this paper is to evaluate the impact that the acquisition of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) skills has on the labor market of two Latin-American cities: Buenos Aires and Bogota. Using cross-sectional data from an experiment that randomly assigned the ICT skills line...
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