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This paper provides firm-level evidence for the relationship between the age structure of the workforce and the adoption of new or significantly improved technologies in service sector firms. Furthermore, it closes a research gap by analyzing the joint impact of the age of the workforce and the...
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heterogeneity and correct for stock-sampling. We find a positive effect of mixed-aged team work on employment duration and a …
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this incentive mechanism is reinvigorated after a management change – but only when the team is sufficiently homogenous …. Indeed, we find substantial evidence that coach replacements enhance team performance (only) in homogenous teams. Moreover …
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We test the effectiveness of team incentives by running a natural field experiment in a retail chain of 193 shops and 1 … performance and relies on flexible task allocation among employees. On average, the team bonus increases sales and customer visits …
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The performance of a work team commonly depends on the effort exerted by the team members as well as on the division of … tasks among them. However, when leaders assign tasks to team members, performance is usually not the only consideration …. Favouritism, employees' seniority, employees' preferences over tasks, and fairness considerations often play a role as well. Team …
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We investigate whether appointing a middle management level affects startups’ innovation performance. Additional hierarchical levels are often suspected to restrict innovative activities. However, founders’ capacities for information processing and resource allocation are usually strongly...
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Wage gaps between workers with a college or graduate degree and those with only a high school degree rose rapidly in the United States during the 1980s. Since then, the rate of growth in these wage gaps has progressively slowed, and though the gaps remain large, they were essentially unchanged...
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We study the impact of and reward to middle management ability using data from 245 stores of a nationwide retailer. The company scores six broad areas of management practice, the most important of which turns out to be "commercial awareness", where able managers raise labour productivity by 17%...
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This study analyses the competence gaps of lower-level managers in a typical manufacturing plant in Germany that had …
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internet use in Germany. Our work offers three important innovations. First, we use the exact weekly duration of internet use …
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