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A multi-method approach to identifying norms and normative expectations within a corporate hierarchy : evidence from the financial services industry
Burks, Stephen V.; Krupka, Erin L. - 2011
of incentives between serving the client and earning commissions, a dilemma about fiduciary responsibility to a client …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009310158
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Incorporating conditional morality into economic decisions
Masclet, David; Dickinson, David L. - 2019
We present a framework that incorporates both moral motivations and fairness considerations into utility. The main idea is that individuals face a preference trade-off between their material individual interest and their desire to follow moral norms. In our model, we assume that moral motivation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012138532
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Gift exchange in the workplace : money or attention?
Dur, Robert A. J. (contributor) - 2008
We develop a model of manager-employee relationships where employees care more for their manager when they are more convinced that their manager cares for them. Managers can signal their altruistic feelings towards their employees in two ways: by offering a generous wage and by giving attention....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003778476
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Decision-making by children
Lundberg, Shelly (contributor); Romich, Jennifer (contributor) - 2007
In this paper, we examine the determinants of decision-making power by children and young adolescents. Moving beyond previous economic models that treat children as goods consumed by adults rather than agents, we develop a noncooperative model of parental control of child behavior and child...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003586550
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Reciprocity and incentive pay in the workplace
Dur, Robert A. J.; Non, Arjan; Roelfsema, Hein - 2010
We study optimal incentive contracts for workers who are reciprocal to management attention. When neither worker's effort nor manager's attention can be contracted, a double moral-hazard problem arises, implying that reciprocal workers should be given weak financial incentives. In a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003941532
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On the notion of responsibility in organizations
Sliwka, Dirk (contributor) - 2004
We derive a natural definition of responsibility in a formal model where employees care for their career prospects: A … are equilibria where either a single agent or no agent is responsible for a task but joint responsibility never arises …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002525280
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From citizen's rights to civic responsibilities
Ronconi, Lucas - 2019
In less developed countries the state does not extends its legality homogenously. A share of the population suffers its absence or its illegal presence. In this article we argue that such irregular state intervention has more negative consequences that previously thought. Individuals who suffer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012033462
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(In)equality and (in)justice
Jasso, Guillermina - 2016
Understanding the exact connection between inequality and justice is important because justice is classically regarded … justice, the sense of justice would not awaken to exert its moral suasion, no matter how great the inequality or how fast its … increase. We obtain exact links between economic inequality and three parameters of the justice evaluation distribution …
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The division of labor and the market for organizations
Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - 2000
The paper examines the determinants of the division of labor within firms. It provides an explanation of the pervasive observed changes in work organization away from the traditional functional departments and towards multi-tasking and job rotation. Whereas the existing literature on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011415696
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Can you trust the good guys? : trust within and between groups with different missions
Fehrler, Sebastian; Kosfeld, Michael - 2013
NGOs and other non-profit organizations attract workers who strongly identify themselves with their missions. We study whether these "good guys" are more trustworthy and how such pronounced group identities affect trust and trustworthiness within the groups and toward out-groups. We find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009745659