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Are Managers More Machiavellian than Other Employees?
Baktash, Mehrzad B.; Jirjahn, Uwe - 2023
. Against this background, we examine whether there is an association between Machiavellianism and occupying a managerial … position. We suggest how to incorporate the psychological concept of Machiavellianism into agency theory and hypothesize that … individuals scoring high on Machiavellianism are more likely to attain and keep a managerial position. Using a large and …
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The Spillover Effects of Affirmative Action on Competitiveness and Unethical Behavior
Banerjee, Ritwik; Datta Gupta, Nabanita; Villeval, … - 2016
We conduct an artefactual field experiment to examine various spillover effects of Affirmative Action policies in the context of castes in India. We test a) if individuals who compete in the presence of Affirmative Action policies remain competitive in the same proportion after the policy has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653122
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Honesty of Groups: Effects of Size and Gender Composition
Muehlheusser, Gerd; Promann, Timo; Roider, Andreas; … - 2024
group size and group gender composition. We conduct an online experiment with 1,677 participants (477 groups) where group …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014567521
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Moral Transgressions by Groups: What Drives Individual Voting Behavior?
Feess, Eberhard; Kerzenmacher, Florian; Muehlheusser, Gerd - 2020
We conduct an experiment where subjects are matched in groups of three and vote on a moral transgression. Analyzing different voting rules, the frequency of votes for the moral transgression increases with the number of votes required for it. This effect persists when considering pivotal votes...
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Gender Differences in Honesty: Groups Versus Individuals
Mühlheusser, Gerd; Roider, Andreas; Wallmeier, Niklas - 2014
Extending the die rolling experiment of Fischbacher and Föllmi-Heusi (2013), we compare gender effects with respect to … unethical behavior by individuals and by two-person groups. In contrast to individual decisions, gender matters strongly under …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010409397
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Too Lucky to Be True: Fairness Views under the Shadow of Cheating
Bortolotti, Stefania; Soraperra, Ivan; Sutter, Matthias; … - 2017
The steady increase in inequality over the past decades has revived a lively debate about what can be considered a fair distribution of income. Public support for the extent of redistribution typically depends on the perceived causes of income inequality, such as differences in effort, luck, or...
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Gender Differences in Honesty: Groups Versus Individuals
Muehlheusser, Gerd; Roider, Andreas; Wallmeier, Niklas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Extending the die rolling experiment of Fischbacher and Föllmi-Heusi (2013), we compare gender effects with respect to … unethical behavior by individuals and by two-person groups. In contrast to individual decisions, gender matters strongly under …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959733
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Early life adversity and children's competence development: Evidence from the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk
Blomeyer, Dorothea; Coneus, Katja; Laucht, Manfred; … - 2013
This paper investigates the role of early life adversity and home resources in terms of competence formation and school achievement based on data from an epidemiological cohort study following 364 children from birth to adolescence. Results indicate that organic and psychosocial risks present in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293201
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Smog, Cognition and Real-World Decision Making
Chen, Xi - 2018
of air pollution affecting cognitive test performance by type of cognitive tests, gender, window of exposure, age profile …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011984481
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Education, Intelligence and Diseases in Old Age
Niccodemi, Gianmaria; Bijwaard, Govert - 2018
education choices and health, such as (ob- served) parental background and (unobserved) intelligence, may play an important role … measurement system using IQ tests to identify latent intelligence. Educational choices, surviving up to old age and medication use … all depend on observed individual factors and on latent intelligence. Based on the estimation results, we derive the …
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