employee engagement are independently associated with improvements in workplace performance. I consider the implications of the …

, 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 administrative data on firms' employment and turnover, taken from the UK … turnover, and a decline in closure probabilities, over the period 2011-2014. The findings suggest SME investment in off …

Using nationally representative workplace data we find substantial use of high-performance work systems (HPWS) in …

) practices which have been linked to high performance in larger firms. We contribute to this literature by exploiting linked … characterizes 'high performance work systems' (HWPS) and 'strategic human resource management' (SHRM). Although the HPWS effect on …

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 … returns are most apparent for those SMEs that invest in human resource management practices, such as training and performance …

performance and post-dissolution private and financial outcomes with a selected set of comparable firms and couples. We find …

We study the effect of recognition on performance with a field experiment involving first-year undergraduate students … that conformance to performance norm is the most likely behavioral mechanism behind our findings. …

traits on performance. We find that more neurotic subjects perform worse, and that more conscientious individuals perform … affect the impact of the Big Five personality traits on performance. …

effect of psychological momentum on performance. We find that men's performance is significantly affected by psychological … line with evidence in the biological literature that testosterone, which is known to enhance performance of both men and …

We analyze the performance outcomes of National Hockey League (NHL) players over 18 seasons (1990-1991 to 2007-2008) as … chiefly by supply-side factors in the form of excess cohort competition and not quality differences since the performance of … cohorts. Performance-adjusted wage losses for those born in large birth cohorts are therefore greater than the raw estimates …