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Incentive pay and performance : insider econometrics in a multi-unit firm
Bogaard, Hein; Švejnar, Jan - 2013
We exploit organizational reforms in a foreign-owned bank in Central-East Europe to study the implementation of modern HRM policies in an emerging market context. We have branch-level data and use our knowledge of the process that led to the adoption of the reforms to implement two estimators...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010224591
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Market characteristics, intra-firm coordination, and the choice of human resource management systems : evidence from new Japanese data
Kato, Takao (contributor); Ōwan, Hideo (contributor) - 2007
coordination within the organization and the structure of organization and bundling of HRMPs (Human Resource Management Practices … complementarity involving task coordination modes, HRMPs, training and hiring, and management strategies, and illustrates how such … in firms with joint labor-management committees. We also confirm implications from our theory that firms in more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003561667
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Management of knowledge workers
Hvide, Hans K.; Kristiansen, Eirik Gaard - 2012
We study how firm-specific complementary assets and intellectual property rights affect the management of knowledge …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009548099
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Worker matching and firm value
Moen, Espen R.; Yashiv, Eran - 2012
This paper studies the value of firms and their hiring and firing decisions in an environment where the productivity of the workers depends on how well they match with their co-workers and the firm acts as a coordinating device. Match quality derives from a production technology whereby workers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009550640
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Does wage dispersion make all firms productive?
Mahy, Benoît; Rycx, François; Volral, Mélanie - 2011
This article puts the relationship between wage dispersion and firm productivity to an updated test, taking advantage of access to detailed Belgian linked employer-employee panel data. Controlling for simultaneity issues, time-invariant workplace characteristics and dynamics in the adjustment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009309573
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HRM practices and performance of family-run workplaces : evidence from the 2004 WERS
Siebert, William S.; Peng, Fei; Maimaiti, Yasheng - 2011
This paper analyses HRM practices of family-run workplaces using the 2004 WERS. Family-ownership and management within …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009312111
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The complementary use of experiments and field data to evaluate management practices : the case of subjective performance evaluations
Kampkötter, Patrick; Sliwka, Dirk - 2015
Most firms rely on subjective evaluations by supervisors to assess their employees' performance. This article discusses the implementation of such appraisal processes, exploring the use of multiple research methods such as the analysis of personnel records, survey data, and lab and field...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011308995
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Skill gaps in the workplace : measurement, determinants and impacts
McGuinness, Séamus; Ortiz, Luis - 2015
Optimal training decisions require employers to have accurate information about their workers' training needs. However, little is known with regard to the key factors determining the accurate transmission of worker training requirements. Using one of the few linked employer-employee surveys in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011309034
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Work-life balance practices, performance-related pay, and gender equality in the workplace : evidence from Japan
Kato, Takao; Kodama, Naomi - 2015
equality in the workplace of human resources management (HRM) practices. Specifically we consider a number of work-life balance … inequality in management). Turning to PRP, the fixed effect estimates suggest that a switch from the traditional wage system that … efficacy of specific WLB practices and the adverse effect of PRP as well as the mediating role played by management by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346576
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Health and safety risks in Britai's workplaces : where are they and who controls them?
Bryson, Alex - 2016
dealing with health and safety is linked to lower risks than direct consultation between management and employees over health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011453422