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Consistency in organization (updated)
Schlicht, Ekkehart - 2011
modern compensation theory, but has not been extended to organization theory. The perspective sheds new light on several … topics in the theory of the firm, like the boundaries of the firm, the importance of fairness concerns within firms, the … attenuation of incentives, or the role of routines and incentives. It implies a perceptional theory of the firm that is realistic …
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Consistency in organization
Schlicht, Ekkehart (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001733890
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The division of labor and the market for organizations
Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - 2000
The paper examines the determinants of the division of labor within firms. It provides an explanation of the pervasive observed changes in work organization away from the traditional functional departments and towards multi-tasking and job rotation. Whereas the existing literature on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011415696
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Can you trust the good guys? : trust within and between groups with different missions
Fehrler, Sebastian; Kosfeld, Michael - 2013
the missions they identify themselves with. -- social identity theory ; group identity ; trust ; trustworthiness …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009745659
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The organizational economics of school chains
Neri, Lorenzo; Pasini, Elisabetta; Silva, Olmo - 2022
Although school autonomy is often advocated as a way to improve student achievement, many countries are experiencing a counterbalancing trend: the emergence of 'chains' that bind schools together into structures with varying degrees of centralization. Despite their prominence, no evidence exists...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013329402
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The adoption and diffusion of organizational innovation : evidence for the US economy
Lynch, Lisa M. (contributor) - 2007
Using a unique longitudinal representative survey of both manufacturing and non-manufacturing businesses in the United States during the 1990's, I examine the incidence and intensity of organizational innovation and the factors associated with investments in organizational innovation. Past...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003597337
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The effect of communication channels on promise-making and promise-keeping
Conrads, Julian; Reggiani, Tommaso - 2014
This paper investigates the effect of different communication channels on promise-making and promise-keeping in a helping situation. Four treatments differ with respect to the communication channel employed to solicit unincentivized cooperation, i.e., face-to-face, phone call and two different...
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The lure of authority : motivation and incentive effects of power
Fehr, Ernst; Herz, Holger; Wilkening, Tom - 2012
Authority and power permeate political, social, and economic life, but empirical knowledge about the motivational origins and consequences of authority is limited. We study the motivation and incentive effects of authority experimentally in an authority-delegation game. Individuals often retain...
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Time is on my side : relational contracts and aggregate welfare
Kukharskyy, Bohdan; Plüger, Michael - 2018
total factor productivity. We provide empirical evidence in line with the predictions of our theory. …
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Behavioral aspects of communication in organizations
Casoria, Fortuna; Riedl, Arno; Werner, Peter - 2020
This paper reviews experimental studies that investigate the effects of communication on behavior in organizational settings. Two main classes of studies are identified: (a) studies on coordination and competition, which include experimental research that tests whether communication can help to...
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