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The motivation of temporary agency workers : an empirical analysis
Grund, Christian; Minten, Axel; Toporova, Nevena - 2017
We are investigating the relationship between individual and job-related characteristics and the motivation of …,000 temporary agency workers, a subjective motivation appraisal is provided by the respective direct manager within the hiring … motivation of temporary agency workers. Women in temporary agency work demonstrate a higher degree of motivation than men …
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HRM and small-firm employee motivation : before and after the recession
Bryson, Alex; White, Michael - 2017
measures of motivation we find the returns to small firm investments in HRM are u-shaped. Small firms benefit from … are initially introduced, but can restore positive motivation when they invest intensively in HRM practices in a way that … employee motivation is modified somewhat by the recessionary transition, it remains rather robust and continues to have …
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The impact of management practices on SME performance
Forth, John; Bryson, Alex - 2018
practices have demonstrable benefits for those who use them, helping firms to grow and increasing their productivity. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011814913
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011756755
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Human resources and innovation : total factor productivity and foreign human capital
Fassio, Claudio; Kalantaryan, Sona; Venturini, Alessandra - 2015
Productivity as a measure of innovation and focus on the three largest European countries - France, Germany and the United Kingdom …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011348305
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Incentive pay and performance : insider econometrics in a multi-unit firm
Bogaard, Hein; Švejnar, Jan - 2013
productivity, but they also underscore the risks of quantity-based incentives where quality is important. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010224591
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What drives differences in management?
Bloom, Nicholas; Brynjolfsson, Erik; Foster, Lucia; … - 2017
the same firm. This management variation accounts for about a fifth of the spread of productivity, a similar fraction as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011641779
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Disentangling the role of contract types and sector disparities for public service motivation
Grund, Christian; Thommes, Kirsten - 2015
specific public service motivation (PSM) is shaped. In our paper, we analyze how different degrees of inclusion in the public …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346559
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Moonlighting politicians : motivation matters!
Fedele, Alessandro; Naticchioni, Paolo - 2013
In this paper we study optimal choices of self-selection into politics and commitment once in office on the part of citizens with heterogeneous abilities and heterogeneous motivations. Politicians can moonlight, i.e., they can work in the market sector while appointed in parliament. Our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009771614
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Bread and bullets
Akerlof, George A.; Snower, Dennis J. - 2016
Standard economics omits the role of narratives (the stories that people tell themselves and others) when they make all kinds of decisions. Narratives play a role in understanding the environment; focusing attention; predicting events; motivating action; assigning social roles and identities;...
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