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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...
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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]
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Hidden action, identification, and organization design
Schnedler, Wendelin - 2010
Incentives often fail in inducing economic agents to engage in a desirable activity; implementability is restricted. What restricts implementability? When does re-organization help to overcome this restriction? This paper shows that any restriction of implementability is caused by an...
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Multi-task learning and the reorganization of work : from Tayloristic to holistic organization
Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - 1999
The paper analyzes the contemporary organizational restructuring of production and work within firms. We emphasize the shift from a "Tayloristic" organization of work (characterized by significant specialization by tasks) to a "holistic" organization (featuring job rotation, integration of tasks...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011294704
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Why are jobs designed the way they are?
Zoghi, Cindy (contributor);  … - 2005
In this paper we study job design. Will an organization plan precisely how the job is to be done ex ante, or ask workers to determine the process as they go? We first model this decision and predict complementarity between these job attributes: multitasking, discretion, skills, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002693222
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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 …
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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...
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Multitasking and wages
Snower, Dennis J.; Goerlich, Dennis - 2013
within education groups, our theory helps to explain (1) rising wage inequality between groups, and (2) rising wage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009753769
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The times they are a-changin' : organizational change and immigrant employment opportunities in Scandinavia
Rosholm, Michael; Scott, Kirk; Husted, Leif - 2001
This article compares and contrasts male immigrant labor market experiences in Sweden and Denmark during the period 1985 - 1995. Using register-based panel data sets from Sweden and Denmark, a picture of the employment assimilation process of immigrants from Norway, Poland, Turkey, and Iran is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011391764