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Hvide, Hans K.; Kristiansen, Eirik Gaard - 2012

We study how firm-specific complementary assets and intellectual property rights affect the management of knowledge …

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Quest for talents : attraction and retention of highly-skilled overseas chinese in the United States and Canada

Fang, Tony; Ge, Lilac; Hartley, John; Ming, Hui - 2025

Using OLS, probit, and semi-nonparametric regression analysis on survey data, this article examines the factors associated with the successful economic integration of Chinese returnees, as indicated by their career and income satisfaction. Those motivated to return by talent policy are...

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What if your boss is a woman? : work organization, work-life balance and gender discrimination at the workplace

Lucifora, Claudio; Vigani, Daria - 2016

In this paper, we investigate the association between female leadership, work organization practices and perceived gender discrimination within firms. Using data for 30 European countries for the period 1995-2010, we find that having a female "boss" is associated with lower overall gender...

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Helping and antisocial behavior in the workplace

Haylock, Michael Robert; Kampkötter, Patrick; Kosfeld, … - 2023

We offer a comprehensive analysis of the organizational and behavioral foundations of employees' helping and antisocial behavior as an integral part of a firm's workplace culture and working climate. Using representative employer-employee panel data of larger German private-sector firms, we...

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Leaders as role models for the voluntary provision of public goods

Gächter, Simon; Renner, Elke - 2014

We investigate the link between leadership, beliefs and pro-social behavior. This link is interesting because field evidence suggests that people's behavior in domains like charitable giving, tax evasion, corporate culture and corruption is influenced by leaders (CEOs, politicians) and beliefs...

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A theory of expert leadership

Goodall, Amanda H. - 2012

that has been addressed in the management literature. In a new 'theory of expert leadership' (TEL), this paper blends …-business industry; and (3) leadership capabilities, which include management skills and a leader's innate characteristics. This paper …

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Management as a technology?

Bloom, Nicholas; Sadun, Raffaella; Van Reenen, John - 2016

Are some management practices akin to a technology that can explain company and national productivity, or do they … simply reflect contingent management styles? We collect data on core management practices from over 11,000 firms in 34 … countries. We find large cross-country differences in the adoption of basic management practices, with the US having the highest …

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Female workers, male managers : gender, leadership, and risk-taking

Rinne, Ulf; Sonnabend, Hendrik - 2019

This study examines gender differences in risk-taking behavior among managers in a female-dominated industry. Using data from international top-level women's soccer, we provide evidence that male coaches show a lower level of risk-taking than female coaches on average. We also find a U-shaped...

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The impact of management practices on SME performance

Forth, John; Bryson, Alex - 2018

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 … business register. We find that SMEs are less likely to use formal management practices than larger firms, but that such …

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Product demand shifts and wage inequality

Leonardi, Marco (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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