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Germany's next top manager: Does personality explain the gender career gap?
Fietze, Simon; Holst, Elke; Tobsch, Verena - 2010
now looking at the impact of self-reported personality traits on gender differences in career chances and compare women … based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) show that there are significant gender differences in personality … traits, multivariate estimations and the decomposition of the gender career gap clearly indicate that these differences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272655
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Germany's Next Top Manager: Does Personality Explain the Gender Career Gap?
Fietze, Simon; Holst, Elke; Tobsch, Verena - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
are now looking at the impact of self-reported personality traits on gender differences in career chances and compare … results based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) show that there are significant gender differences in … personality traits, multivariate estimations and the decomposition of the gender career gap clearly indicate that these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008466469
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Physician-Leaders and Hospital Performance: Is There an Association?
Goodall, Amanda H. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Although it has long been conjectured that having physicians in leadership positions is valuable for hospital performance, there is no published empirical work on the hypothesis. This cross-sectional study reports the first evidence. Data are collected on the top-100 U.S. hospitals in 2009, as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009151014
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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
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A Theory of Expert Leadership
Goodall, Amanda H. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
How much knowledge should leaders have of their organization's core business? This is an important question but not one that has been addressed in the management literature. In a new 'theory of expert leadership' (TEL), this paper blends conceptual work with recent empirical evidence. It...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279304
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Physician-leaders and hospital performance: Is there an association?
Goodall, Amanda H. - 2011
Although it has long been conjectured that having physicians in leadership positions is valuable for hospital performance, there is no published empirical work on the hypothesis. This cross-sectional study reports the first evidence. Data are collected on the top-100 U.S. hospitals in 2009, as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278625
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A theory of expert leadership
Goodall, Amanda H. - 2012
How much knowledge should leaders have of their organization's core business? This is an important question but not one that has been addressed in the management literature. In a new 'theory of expert leadership' (TEL), this paper blends conceptual work with recent empirical evidence. It...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282236
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Are Managers More Machiavellian than Other Employees?
Baktash, Mehrzad B.; Jirjahn, Uwe - 2023
Concerns about corporate scandals and abusive leadership suggest that individuals with an opportunistic and manipulative personality take advantage of incomplete incentive and control systems to get their way into managerial positions. Against this background, we examine whether there is an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014377264
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The Value Relevance of Top Executive Departures: Evidence from the Netherlands
Praag, Mirjam van; Cools, Kees - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
On theoretical grounds, monitoring of top executives by the (supervisory) board is expected to be value relevant. The empirical evidence is ambiguous and we analyze three noncompeting explanations for this ambiguity: (i) The positive effect on firm value of board monitoring is hidden in stock...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762239
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Individual Determinants of Work Attendance: Evidence on the Role of Personality
Störmer, Susi; Fahr, René - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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/10008506082