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HPWS in the public sector : are there mutual gains?
White, Michael; Bryson, Alex - 2018
Few studies investigate the links between high-performance work systems (HPWS) on public sector organizational … workplaces in Britain in 2004 and 2011. We find robust evidence of positive associations between the use of HPWS and … similar work on the private sector in the United States (Appelbaum et al., 2000) HPWS is not delivering mutual gains for …
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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 … measures of motivation we find the returns to small firm investments in HRM are u-shaped. Small firms benefit from … intrinsically motivating work situations in the absence of HRM practices, find this advantage disturbed when formal HRM practices …
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Does job support make workers happy?
Böckerman, Petri; Bryson, Alex; Kauhanen, Antti; … - 2017
Using linked employer-employee data for Finland we examine associations between job design and ten measures of worker wellbeing. In accordance with Karasek's (1979) model we find positive correlations between many aspects of worker wellbeing and job control. However, contrary to the model, job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011607233
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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 apparent where HPWS are used intensively. These associations are …
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Mutual gains? : is there a role for employee engagement in the modern workplace?
Bryson, Alex - 2017
between human resource management (HRM) intensity and various employee job attitudes. I also find the intensity of HRM use and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011756755
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Does worker wellbeing affect workplace performance?
Bryson, Alex; Forth, John; Stokes, Lucy - 2015
This paper uses linked employer-employee data to investigate the relationship between employees' subjective well-being and workplace performance in Britain. The analyses show a clear, positive and statistically-significant relationship between the average level of job satisfaction at the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011281611
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Temporal and locational flexibility of work, working-time fit, and job satisfaction
Possenriede, Daniel; Plantenga, Janneke - 2014
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010403445
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Boss competence and worker well-being
Artz, Benjamin; Goodall, Amanda H.; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2014
Nearly all workers have a supervisor or 'boss'. Yet there is almost no published research by economists into how bosses affect the quality of employees' lives. This study offers some of the first formal evidence. First, it is shown that a boss's technical competence is the single strongest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010417963
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How common are bad bosses?
Artz, Benjamin; Goodall, Amanda H.; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2018
Bosses play an important role in workplaces. Yet little is currently known about a foundational question. Are the right people promoted to be managers, team leaders, and supervisors? Gallup data and the famous Peter Principle both suggest that incompetent bosses are likely to be all around us....
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Pay enough, don’t pay too much or don’t pay at all? : the impact of bonus intensity on job satisfaction
Pouliakas, Konstantinos - 2010
Using ten waves (1998-2007) of the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS), this paper investigates the ceteris paribus association between the intensity of incentive pay, the dynamic change in bonus status and the utility derived from work. After controlling for individual heterogeneity biases,...
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