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Going solo: how starting solo self-employment affects incomes and well-being
Cribb, Jonathan; Xu, Xiaowei - 2020
Using a large-scale panel data set, we trace the evolution of incomes and well-being around the entry into 'solo self-employment' - that is, running a business without employees. We find that solo self-employment is used to self-insure against employment shocks: employment rates fall and poverty...
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The shorter workweek and worker wellbeing : evidence from Portugal and France
Lepinteur, Anthony - 2016
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Glocal dialogue : transformation through transcultural communication
Matoba, Kazuma - 2003
This paper addresses the role of dialogical communication in acculturation efforts within organizations and regions, especially during periods of transition, mergers, technological innovations, and globalization. This optimal communication mode can be achieved through a dialogue process proposed...
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Communication across cultures : from cultural awareness to reconciliation of the dilemmas
Merk, Vincent - 2003
In this globalising world there is a growing need for understanding different types and forms of interaction between people in intercultural environments, i.e. working places, cities, etc. This implies that people refer more and more to various communication models and practices to fully master...
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Efficient communication in organizations
Vaccari, Federico - 2022
Organizations design their communication structures to improve decision-making while limiting wasteful influence activities. An efficient communication protocol grants completeinformation payoffs to all organization members, thereby overcoming asymmetric information problems at no cost. This...
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Do employees always reciprocate homebased working with commitment? : the role of blurring boundaries, trust and fairness
Lott, Yvonne - 2021
Work organizations are increasingly under pressure to offer home-based working. However, there is inconsistent evidence on whether granting employees to work from home is a business case increasing their organizational commitment. Analysis of the representative German Linked Personnel Panel...
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Understanding how job retention schemes reshape the within-occupation skill profile of employees within firms
Beņkovskis, Konstantīns; Tkačevs, Olegs; Vilerts, Kārlis - 2024
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Must Trust Bust?
Møllgaard, Peter - 2002
Our trust in competition policy is based on faith in markets. When markets are oligopolies, already classical … economists’ trust in competition busted: Oligopolies carry the seeds of collusion. To develop, collusion needs trust between … firms. But new leniency programmes are designed to bust that trust. I discuss when trust busters are likely to succeed and …
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Meaningful talk
Streb, Jorge M.; Torrens, Gustavo - 2015
common language is used, and an inferential step where the receiver may either trust the message's literal meaning or …
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Trust and manipulation in social networks
Förster, Manuel; Mauleon, Ana; Vannetelbosch, Vincent J. - 2014
neighbors in the social network, can exert effort to manipulate the trust of others, and update their opinions about some common …. We show that manipulation can modify the trust structure and lead to a connected society. Manipulation fosters opinion …
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