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The Effect of Age Diversity in Groups on Peer Evaluations and Individual Performance
Görlitz, Katja; Sels, Tim - 2021
This study analyzes how individuals evaluate their peers' performance in a high stakes tournament in response to being … how age diverse groups affect individual performance in professional golf tournaments. The results show that peer and … superior evaluations as well as individual performance are lower in age diverse groups. Further evidence suggests that these …
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Mutual Gains? Is There a Role for Employee Engagement in the Modern Workplace?
Bryson, Alex - 2017
employee engagement are independently associated with improvements in workplace performance. I consider the implications of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011786962
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Leadership and the Research Productivity of University Departments
Goodall, Amanda H.; McDowell, John M.; Singell, Larry D. - 2014
Much of human knowledge is produced in the world's university departments. There is little scientific evidence, however, about how those hundreds of thousands of departments are best organized and led. This study hand-collects longitudinal data on departmental chairpersons in 58 US universities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333290
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Reciprocity and incentive pay in the workplace
Dur, Robert; 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/10010269520
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Managerial incentives and favoritism in promotion decisions: Theory and field evidence
Berger, Johannes; Herbertz, Claus; Sliwka, Dirk - 2011
mitigated by pay-for-performance incentives for managers who decide upon promotion. Second, we analyze matched employer … indeed substantially higher when managers receive performance-related pay or participate in gain sharing plans. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278492
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So, Dear Applicant, Do You Mean Working from Home or Shirking from Home?
Moens, Eline; Verhofstadt, Elsy; Van Ootegem, Luc; … - 2023
Many applicants want a job with the possibility of telework. However, the literature is unclear on whether being explicit about this wish and the reason for it leads to negative consequences on hiring intentions. In this paper we therefore investigate how expressing a desire for telework, for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014469308
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Leadership and the Research Productivity of University Departments
Goodall, Amanda H.; McDowell, John M.; Singell, Larry D. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Much of human knowledge is produced in the world's university departments. There is little scientific evidence, however, about how those hundreds of thousands of departments are best organized and led. This study hand-collects longitudinal data on departmental chairpersons in 58 US universities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884130
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Reciprocity and Incentive Pay in the Workplace
Dur, Robert; Non, Arjan; Roelfsema, Hein - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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/10008506073
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Managerial Incentives and Favoritism in Promotion Decisions: Theory and Field Evidence
Berger, Johannes; Herbertz, Claus; Sliwka, Dirk - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
mitigated by pay-for-performance incentives for managers who decide upon promotion. Second, we analyze matched employer … indeed substantially higher when managers receive performance-related pay or participate in gain sharing plans. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008854767
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Individual determinants of work attendance: Evidence on the role of personality
Störmer, Susi; Fahr, René - 2010
We investigate the influence of personality as measured by the Big Five personality scale on absenteeism using representative data for Germany. In particular, the 2005 wave of the German Socio-Economic Panel provides detailed information on socio-economic background characteristics along with a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269765