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This paper examines the role of work-life balance practices (WLB) in explaining the paradox of the contented female worker. After establishing that females report higher levels of job satisfaction than men in the UK, we test whether firm characteristics such as WLB and gender segregation boost...
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the determinants of a measure of worker commitment and loyalty (CLI) and whether CLI influences workplace performance …, higher CLI is associated with enhanced workplace performance. Our findings that workplace human resources influence CLI …, may affect workplace performance. …
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teams and run for an hour. This allows us not only to study the individual relationship between age and performance but also … performance goes down with age, although the speed-age gradient is rather flat. Group performance goes down with age as well, but … interestingly a counterbalancing force emerges, namely team dynamics that are driven by performance of runners who enter and leave. …
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This paper explores theoretically and empirically potentially important yet often-neglectedlinkage between task coordination within the organization and the structure of organizationand bundling of HRMPs (Human Resource Management Practices). In so doing, we alsoprovide fresh insights on the...
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This paper uses matched employer-employee panel data to show that individual job satisfaction is higher when other workers in the same establishment are better-paid. This runs contrary to a large literature which has found evidence of income comparisons in subjective well-being. We argue that...
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This paper examines the determinants of job satisfaction in Britain using nationally representative linked employer-employee data (WERS2004) and alternative econometric techniques. It uses eight facets of job satisfaction for the purpose. As well as underscoring the importance of accounting for...
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between human resource management (HRM) intensity and various employee job attitudes. I also find the intensity of HRM use and … employee engagement are independently associated with improvements in workplace performance. I consider the implications of the …
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conditioned on job quality, human resource management practices (HRM), managerial style and other features of employees' working … commitment are linked to improvements in workplace performance in schools, but not in other workplaces. …
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Using nationally representative workplace data we find substantial use of high-performance work systems (HPWS) in …
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. Yet, they constrained their attention to a very narrow and empirically questionable view of human motivation. The purpose … of this paper is to show that this narrow view of human motivation may severely limit understanding the determinants and … reduce the performance of agents or their compliance with rules. In addition, these motives may generate very powerful …
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