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A Field Experiment in Motivating Employee Ideas
Gibbs, Michael - 2014
We study the effects of a field experiment designed to motivate employee ideas, at a large technology company. Employees were encouraged to submit ideas on process and product improvements via an online system. In the experiment, the company randomized 19 account teams into treatment and control...
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Wage Cyclicality Under Different Regimes of Industrial Relations
Gartner, Hermann - 2010
Germany, we find that works councils affect wage growth only in combination with collective bargaining. Wage adjustments to …
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Separating Introduction Effects from Selectivity Effects : The Differences in Employment Patterns of Co-Determined Firms
Gralla, Rafael - 2012
This study examines differences in employment growth between firms with and without works councils by separating introduction effects from potential selectivity effects. Using a difference in differences framework, we show that firms with works councils have higher employment growth before...
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Higher Wages, Overstaffing or Both? The Employer's Assessment of Problems Regarding Wage Costs and Staff Level in Co-Determined Establishments
Gralla, Rafael - 2012
This study examines the differences in the likelihood of overpayment and overemployment in establishments with and without works councils. In contrast to other studies, we use assessments by the management concerning the existence of such problems. Furthermore, we also analyze how different...
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Works Councils, Quits and Dismissals in Germany
Grund, Christian - 2013
We examine the relationship between works councils and two different types of employment separation: dismissals by the firm and voluntary quits by employees. Based on representative data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we find a negative relationship between works councils and both kinds...
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The Extent of Collective Bargaining and Workplace Representation : Transitions between States and Their Determinants - A Comparative Analysis of Germany and Great Britain
Addison, John T. - 2009
Industrial relations are in flux in many nations, perhaps most notably in Germany and the Britain. That said … representation in Germany and still less in both countries about firm transitions between these institutions over time. The present … and the erosion of sectoral bargaining in Germany, and identify the respective roles of behavioral and compositional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013155159
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Co-Determination and Innovation
Kraft, Kornelius - 2009
This paper examines the effect of the German co-determination law of 1976 (MitbestG) on the innovative activity of … German firms. Co-determination applies to firms with 2000 employees or more. Data from 1971-1976 and 1981-1990 on 148 firms …, we compare the co-determined firms with others before and after 1976. The results do not support the view that co-determination …
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One-Third Codetermination at Company Supervisory Boards and Firm Performance in German Manufacturing Industries : First Direct Evidence from a New Type of Enterprise Data
Wagner, Joachim - 2009
This paper contributes to the empirical literature on the co-determination – firm performance nexus by using a new type … of data that combines information on the co-determination status of enterprises from a commercial data base and … the first time a direct comparison of enterprises from the same size class with and without codetermination at the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013157035
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Electoral Democracy at Work
Askenazy, Philippe - 2020
We show that an institutional change designed expressly to heighten competition for the provision of union services can have a substantial effect on unionization and employment relations. We study a French reform of 2008 that introduced mandatory elections for representation of workers at firm,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012834570
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Works Councils, Training and Employee Satisfaction
Bellmann, Lutz - 2018
This paper investigates the role of works councils in job satisfaction. Using the recently developed Linked Personnel Panel, we consider both the direct and indirect impact via further training. Basic estimates on an individual level do not reveal clearly direct effects, but on an establishment...
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