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new and unconventional research topics and methods. -- Academic governance ; rankings ; motivation ; selection … the "taste for science" by a "taste for publication". We suggest as alternatives careful selection and socialization of …Research rankings based on publications and citations today dominate governance of academia. Yet they have unintended …
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the “taste for science” by a “taste for publication”. We suggest as alternatives careful selection and socialization of …Research rankings based on publications and citations today dominate governance of academia. Yet they have unintended … scholars, supplemented by periodic self-evaluations and awards. Neither should rankings be a basis for the distributions of …
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The process by which scholarly papers are selected for publication in a journal is faced with serious problems. The referees rarely agree and often are biased. This paper discusses two alternative measures to evaluate scholars. The first alternative suggests input control. The second one...
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Numerous studies have shown that public service motivation (PSM) is higher among public sector employees, particularly … or from on-the-job socialization remains subject to debate. We address this question utilizing novel panel data on … early career stages, the association between PSM and public sector employment results largely from an attraction-selection …
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measures of motivation we find the returns to small firm investments in HRM are u-shaped. Small firms benefit from … are initially introduced, but can restore positive motivation when they invest intensively in HRM practices in a way that … employee motivation is modified somewhat by the recessionary transition, it remains rather robust and continues to have …
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measures of motivation we find the returns to small firm investments in HRM are u-shaped. Small firms benefit from … are initially introduced, but can restore positive motivation when they invest intensively in HRM practices in a way that … employee motivation is modified somewhat by the recessionary transition, it remains rather robust and continues to have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012957472
This theoretical paper explores the impact of gender diversity on team production. The key assumption is that men derive utility from signaling high ability to female colleagues. The analysis shows that some gender diversity maximizes expected team production if (i) men and women have similar...
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This theoretical paper explores the impact of gender diversity on team production. The key assumption is that men derive utility from signaling high ability to female colleagues. The analysis shows that some gender diversity maximizes expected team production if (i) men and women have similar...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013024701
between prosocial motivation and public sector employment is due to selection at the career start or socialization during the … in addition to altruism and risk aversion and by investigating selection and socialization. Using a largely … selection and no evidence on socialization as an explanation for this result. Our study offers important insight into the …
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proposes a new empirical approach to evaluate the implications of rankings by analyzing a rich set of data on World Cup alpine … strategies after one-time successes. In sharp contrast to the growing literature on the positive effects of introducing rankings … among workers or students, we document novel empirical evidence for the potential drawbacks of rankings. …
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