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Poaching and firm-sponsored training: First clean evidence
Mohrenweiser, Jens; Zwick, Thomas; Backes-Gellner, Uschi - 2013
A series of seminal theoretical papers argues that poaching of employees may hamper company-sponsored general training … training firms in Germany are poaching victims. Firms are more likely to poach employees during an economic downturn. Training …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010313121
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Separating wheat and chaff: age-specific staffing strategies and innovative performance at the firm level
Frosch, Katharina; Göbel, Christian; Zwick, Thomas - 2011
Adopting a dynamic perspective, this paper investigates age-related staffing patterns in German establishments and their effect on innovative performance. First, we investigate how establishments achieve the necessary workforce rejuvenation - from the inflow of younger or from outflows of older...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010305881
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The retention effect of training: Portability, visibility, and credibility
Dietz, Daniel; Zwick, Thomas - 2016
This paper analyses the effect of training participation on employees' retention in the training company. It for the … on training history (WeLL-ADIAB), we show that training increases employees' retention. We compare the probability to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011427791
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Apprentice poaching in regional labor markets
Stockinger, Bastian; Zwick, Thomas - 2017
A number of studies have found that firms provide less training if they are located in regions with strong labor market competition. This finding is usually interpreted as evidence of a higher risk of poaching in these regions. Yet, there is no direct evidence that regional competition is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011663353
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The retention effect of training – portability, visibility, and credibility
Zwick, Thomas - 2017
This paper analyses the effect of training participation on employees’ retention. In a comparison group approach, the … probability to stay at the same employer is compared between training participants and employees who could accidentally not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011712613
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Poaching and firm-sponsored training: First clean evidence
Mohrenweiser, Jens; Zwick, Thomas; Backes-Gellner, Uschi - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013
A series of seminal theoretical papers argues that poaching of employees may hamper company-sponsored general training … training firms in Germany are poaching victims. Firms are more likely to poach employees during an economic downturn. Training …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957759
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Apprentice poaching in regional labor markets
Stockinger, Bastian; Zwick, Thomas - 2017
A number of studies have found that firms provide less training if they are located in regions with strong labor market competition. This finding is usually interpreted as evidence of a higher risk of poaching in these regions. Yet, there is no direct evidence that regional competition is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011611162
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Separating wheat and chaff: age-specific staffing strategies and innovative performance at the firm level
Frosch, Katharina; Göbel, Christian; Zwick, Thomas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
Adopting a dynamic perspective, this paper investigates age-related staffing patterns in German establishments and their effect on innovative performance. First, we investigate how establishments achieve the necessary workforce rejuvenation - from the inflow of younger or from outflows of older...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009228821
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POACHING AND FIRM SPONSORED TRAINING: FIRST CLEAN EVIDENCE
Mohrenweiser, Jens; Backes-Gellner, Uschi; Zwick, Thomas - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2010
A series of seminal theoretical papers argues that poaching of employees may hamper company-sponsored general training …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008764012
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Separating Wheat and Chaff : Age-Specific Staffing Strategies and Innovative Performance at the Firm Level
Frosch, Katharina; Göbel, Christian; Zwick, Thomas - 2011
Adopting a dynamic perspective, this paper investigates age-related staffing patterns in German establishments and their effect on innovative performance. First, we investigate how establishments achieve the necessary workforce rejuvenation - from the inflow of younger or from outflows of older...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014178829