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When does HRM 'work' in small British enterprises?

White, Michael; Bryson, Alex - 2016

Using nationally representative workplace data we find substantial use of high-performance work systems (HPWS) in Britain's small enterprises. We find empirical support for the proposition that HPWS have a non-linear association with employees' overall job attitude, with a positive association...

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HRM and small-firm employee motivation : before and after the recession

Bryson, Alex; White, Michael - 2017

A long-running debate in the small firms' literature questions the value of formal 'human resource management' (HRM) practices which have been linked to high performance in larger firms. We contribute to this literature by exploiting linked employer-employee surveys for 2004 and 2011. Using...

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What role did management practices play in SME growth post-recession?

Bryson, Alex; Forth, John - 2016

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are known to contribute significantly to aggregate economic growth. However, little is known about the role played by management practices in SME growth since recession. We contribute to the literature on SME growth by analysing longitudinal...

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The impact of management practices on SME performance

Forth, John; Bryson, Alex - 2018

We examine the impact of management practices on firm performance among SMEs in Britain over the period 2011-2014, using a unique dataset which links survey data on management practices with firm performance data from the UK's official business register. We find that SMEs are less likely to use...

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Why are professors "poorly paid"?

Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2018

Using Current Population Survey data, I demonstrate a 15-percentage point wage disadvantage among academics compared to all other doctorate-holders with the same demographics. Time-diary data show that academics' workhours are distributed more evenly over the week and day, although their total...

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Flexible work organization and employer provided training : evidence from German linked employer-employee data

Campaner, Annika; Heywood, John S.; Jirjahn, Uwe - 2018

variety, two essential elements of flexibility. Critically, the training associated with workplace flexibility does not simply … workplace flexibility is disproportionately oriented toward employees with a greater formal education. Our results also provide … modest evidence of an age bias of workplace flexibility. However, the link between workplace flexibility and training does …

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IAB employment subsample 1975-1995 : opportunities for analysis provided by the anonymised subsample

Klose, Christoph; Haas, Anette; Bender, Stefan - 2000

The IAB employment subsample is now available for researchers in a third, anonymised version. Following the so-called basic file and the regional file from the IAB employment subsample, which encompassed the years 1975 to 1990, the actualized version of the basic file covers now the years 1975...

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And i will try to fix you : a study of heterogeneity in job satisfaction with implications for flexible employment contracts

Chongvilaivan, Aekapol; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - 2011

This paper is an empirical study of slope heterogeneity in job satisfaction. It provides evidence from the generalized ordered probit models that different job characteristics tend to have different distributional impacts on the overall job satisfaction. For instance, standard models tend to...

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Flexible workplace practices and labor productivity

Bauer, Thomas K. (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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In-work benefits and the Nordic model

Kolm, Ann-Sofie; Tonin, Mirco - 2012

Welfare benefits in the Nordic countries are often tied to employment. We argue that this is one of the factors behind the success of the Nordic model, where a comprehensive welfare state is associated with high employment. In a general equilibrium setting, the underlining mechanism works...

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