Increasing evidence indicates the importance of management in determining firms' productivity. Yet, causal evidence … regarding the effectiveness of management practices is scarce, especially for high-skilled workers in the developed world. In an … management practices: (i) performance monitoring; (ii) performance feedback; (iii) target setting; and (iv) pro-social incentives …

example, an increase of trust in management that is about one tenth of the scale is equivalent to more than 30% increase in …

Despite the importance placed on supervision in the workplace, little is known about the effects of a boss' leadership … region, high SAT, and undergraduate institution as their bosses who also have strong leadership qualities retain at the …

In this handbook of labor economics chapter we examine the relationship between Human Resource Management (HRM) and … literature on management practices and productivity. We start with some facts on levels and trends of both HRM and productivity …

Personnel economics drills deeply into the firm to study human resource management practices like compensation, hiring … are teams used most effectively? How should all these human resource management practices, from incentive pay to teamwork …

needs and management of their workforce when making financing decisions …

How much do a manager's interpersonal skills with subordinates, which we call people management skills, affect employee …-measured people management skills have a strong negative relation to employee turnover. A causal interpretation is reinforced by … research designs exploiting new workers joining the firm and manager moves. However, people management skills do not …