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Boss competence and worker well-being
Artz, Benjamin; Goodall, Amanda H.; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2014
Nearly all workers have a supervisor or 'boss'. Yet there is almost no published research by economists into how bosses affect the quality of employees' lives. This study offers some of the first formal evidence. First, it is shown that a boss's technical competence is the single strongest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010417963
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Boss Competence and Worker Well-Being
Artz, Benjamin - 2014
Nearly all workers have a supervisor or 'boss'. Yet there is almost no published research by economists into how bosses affect the quality of employees' lives. This study offers some of the first formal evidence. First, it is shown that a boss's technical competence is the single strongest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013045047
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How common are bad bosses?
Artz, Benjamin; Goodall, Amanda H.; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2018
Bosses play an important role in workplaces. Yet little is currently known about a foundational question. Are the right people promoted to be managers, team leaders, and supervisors? Gallup data and the famous Peter Principle both suggest that incompetent bosses are likely to be all around us....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011913230
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Estimating the influence of life satisfaction and positive affect on later income using sibling fixed-effects
De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2012
neuroticism. -- income ; life satisfaction ; positive affect …The question of whether there is a connection between income and psychological well-being is a long-studied issue … show that adolescents and young adults who report higher life satisfaction or positive affect grow up to earn significantly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009675122
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Estimating the Influence of Life Satisfaction and Positive Affect on Later Income Using Sibling Fixed-Effects
De Neve, Jan‐Emmanuel - 2012
The question of whether there is a connection between income and psychological well-being is a long-studied issue … show that adolescents and young adults who report higher life satisfaction or positive affect grow up to earn significantly … higher levels of income later in life. We focus on earnings approximately one decade after the person's well-being is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096474
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Estimating the influence of life satisfaction and positive affect on later income using sibling fixed-effects
De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2012
neuroticism. -- income ; life satisfaction ; positive affect …The question of whether there is a connection between income and psychological well-being is a long-studied issue … show that adolescents and young adults who report higher life satisfaction or positive affect grow up to earn significantly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009683363
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Estimating the Influence of Life Satisfaction and Positive Affect on Later Income Using Sibling Fixed-Effects
De Neve, Jan‐Emmanuel - 2012
The question of whether there is a connection between income and psychological well-being is a long-studied issue … show that adolescents and young adults who report higher life satisfaction or positive affect grow up to earn significantly … higher levels of income later in life. We focus on earnings approximately one decade after the person's well-being is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013097111
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Imitative obesity and relative utility
Blanchflower, David G.; Oswald, Andrew J.; Van … - 2009
. -- Body mass index BMI ; comparisons ; imitation ; happiness ; peer effects ; dieting ; mental health ; well-being ; obesity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003810316
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Objective confirmation of subjective measures of human well-being : evidence from the USA
Oswald, Andrew J.; Wu, Stephen - 2010
-2008 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System random sample of 1.3 million United States citizens. Life-satisfaction in each U …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003934218
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National well-being policy and a weighted approach to human feelings
O'Donnell, Gus; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2015 - Forthcoming in: Ecological Economics
traditional economic measures, some nations have begun to collect information on citizens' happiness, life satisfaction, and other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011347199