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In a new model of work schedules, employers choose the number of working hours and either dictate the exact hours to be worked or delegate that decision to workers via flextime. Workers' preferences over schedules influence their productivities. An inverted-U-shaped hours-output profile arises;...
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In this paper we analyse the effects of arrangements that provide temporal and locational flexibility of work (TLF), namely flexi-time, telehomework, and part-time work, on employees' satisfaction with the fit between working time and private life and their overall job satisfaction. TLF...
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Evidence shows that working time mismatch, i.e. the difference between actual and desired working hours, is negatively related to employees' job satisfaction. Using longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we examine the potential moderating effect of working time autonomy on this...
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Status considerations with respect to consumption give rise to negative externalities because individuals do not take into account that their decisions affect the relative consumption position of others. Further, status concerns create incentives for excessive labour supply in competitive...
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Retention of skilled workers is essential for labour-intensive organisations like hospitals, where an excessive …. We empirically investigate the role played by two such aspects, staff engagement and the retention of complementary … coworkers, in affecting employee retention within the public hospital sector. We exploit a unique and rich panel dataset based …
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' intended retention and turnover. By using a unique survey data set from an American university, this study investigates a novel … retention. We find that employees who have less favorable perceptions of salary adjustments, compared to what they believe their … statistically significant impact on retention. Our results indicate that monetary rewards in the form of salary raises do impact …
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performance and worker job attitudes. We fill this gap with analyses of these links using linked employer-employee surveys of … organizational performance in the public sector but no associations with worker attitudes. The implication is that, in contrast to …
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Using nationally representative linked employer-employee data for Britain in 2004 and 2011 we find school staff are more satisfied and more contented with their jobs than "like" employees in other workplaces. The differentials are largely accounted for by the occupations school employees...
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Researchers and human resource practitioners are nearly unanimous that satisfied and committed employees can play a major positive role in business performance. There is, however, a need for further evidence on what determines satisfaction at the workplace and how it can be promoted. In other...
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Using previously unexploited data on time scheduling in the employment and household contexts, we investigate the effect of flexible working on couples' coordination of their daily work time schedules in the UK. We consider three distinct dimensions of flexible working: flexibility of daily...
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