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Management Practices : Are not for Profits Different?
Delfgaauw, Josse - 2011
Recent studies have demonstrated the importance of good management for firm performance. Here, we focus on management in not-for-profits (NFPs). We present a model predicting that management quality will be lower in NFPs compared to for-profits (FPs), but that outputs may not be worse if...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013122453
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Social interaction, co-Worker altruism, and incentives
Dur, Robert; Sol, Joeri - 2008
colleagues, which in turn creates co-worker altruism. We study how financial incentives for productive activities can improve or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264500
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Incentives and the sorting of altruistic agents into street-level bureaucracies
Buurman, Margaretha; Dur, Robert - 2008
-selection and allocation decisions of agents who differ in altruism towards clients. When bureaucrats are paid flat wages, they do … of the altruism distribution. We also show how client composition affects sorting and why street-level bureaucrats often …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269193
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Social interaction, co-worker altruism, and incentives
Dur, Robert; Sol, Joeri - 2009
colleagues, which in turn creates co-worker altruism. We study how financial incentives for productive activities can improve or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269508
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Incentives and the Sorting of Altruistic Agents into Street-Level Bureaucracies
Buurman, Margaretha; Dur, Robert - 2008
-selection and allocation decisions of agents who differ in altruism towards clients. When bureaucrats are paid flat wages, they do … of the altruism distribution. We also show how client composition affects sorting and why street-level bureaucrats often …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325683
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Social Interaction, Co-Worker Altruism, and Incentives
Dur, Robert; Sol, Joeri - 2008
colleagues, which in turn creates co-worker altruism. We study how financial incentives for productive activities can improve or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325990
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Intrinsic Motivations of Public Sector Employees: Evidence for Germany
Dur, Robert; Zoutenbier, Robin - 2012
We examine differences in altruism and laziness between public sector employees and private sector employees. Our … theoretical model predicts that the likelihood of public sector employment increases with a worker's altruism, and increases or … decreases with a worker's laziness depending on his altruism. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study, we find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326152
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Working for a Good Cause
Dur, Robert; Zoutenbier, Robin - 2011
A rich literature in public administration has shown that public sector employees have stronger altruistic motivations than private sector employees. Recent economic theories stress the importance of mission preferences, and predict that altruistic people sort into the public sector when they...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326218
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Gift Exchange in the Workplace : Money or Attention?
Dur, Robert - 2009
We develop a model of manager-employee relationships where employees care more for their manager when they are more convinced that their manager cares for them. Managers can signal their altruistic feelings towards their employees in two ways: by offering a generous wage and by giving attention....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012765691
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Incentives and the Sorting of Altruistic Agents into Street-Level Bureaucracies
Buurman, Margaretha - 2008
-selection and allocation decisions of agents who differ in altruism towards clients. When bureaucrats are paid flat wages, they do … of the altruism distribution. We also show how client composition affects sorting and why street-level bureaucrats often …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012722555