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Organisation, Personalpolitik und betriebliche Performance
Möller, Iris - 2007
Um Wettbewerbsvorteile gegenüber konkurrierenden Unternehmen zu erreichen werden oft Änderung in der Arbeitsorganisation und der Personalpolitikvorgenommen oder neue, innovative Maßnahmen des Personalmanagements eingeführt. Dabei führt die Veränderung oder Einführung einzelner Maßnahmen...
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Ability Dispersion and Team Performance: A Field Experiment
Hoogendoorn, Sander; Parker, Simon C.; van Praag, Mirjam - 2012
This paper studies the impact of diversity in cognitive ability among members of a team on their performance. We … variation in - otherwise random - team composition is imposed by assigning individuals to teams based on their measured … complex decision-making. We propose a model in which greater ability dispersion generates greater knowledge for a team, but …
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Ethnic diversity and team performance: A field experiment
Hoogendoorn, Sander M.; van Praag, Mirjam - 2012
One of the most salient and relevant dimensions of team heterogeneity is ethnicity. We measure the causal impact of … ethnic diversity has no effect on team performance in terms of business outcomes (sales, profits and profits per share …). However, if at least the majority of team members is ethnically diverse, then more ethnic diversity has a positive impact on …
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Ability dispersion and team performance: A field experiment
Hoogendoorn, Sander M.; Parker, Simon Charles; van … - 2012
This paper studies the impact of diversity in cognitive ability among members of a team on their performance. We … variation in - otherwise random - team composition is imposed by assigning individuals to teams based on their measured … complex decision-making. We propose a model in which greater ability dispersion generates greater knowledge for a team, but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291418
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Workplace Training in Germany and Its Impact on Subjective Job Security: Short- or Long-Term Returns?
Kohlrausch, Bettina; Rasner, Anika - In: Journal of European Social Policy 24 (2014) 4, pp. 337-350
Germany on subjective job security. Using fixed-effects models, this article tests whether workplace training has positive …
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Employer provided training in Austria: Productivity, wages and wage inequality
Böheim, René; Schneeweis, Nicole; Wakolbinger, Florian - 2009
We use data on Austrian firms and employees to estimate the effects of employer-provided training on productivity, wages, and the inequality of wages within firms. While the average amount spent on employer-provided training is low in general, we find a robust positive elasticity of training on...
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Immigrants and Employer-provided training
Barrett, Alan; McGuinness, Séamus; O'Brien, Martin; … - 2009
Much has been written about the labour market outcomes for immigrants in their host countries, particularly with regard to earnings, employment and occupational attainment. However, much less attention has been paid to the question of whether immigrants are as likely to receive employer-provided...
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The imperative of international cooperation for EU competitiveness and resilience in technology-driven industries
Bauer, Matthias; Zilli, Renata; Pandya, Dyuti - 2023
The EU must embrace international cooperation and collaboration in technology-driven industries to ensure competitiveness and global relevance, while also considering the drawbacks of isolationist policies. The EU's commitment to open markets and global cooperation has historically been its...
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R&D in the Belgian Pharmaceutical Sector
De Doncker, Helga - 2006
The Belgian pharmaceutical sector has been accorded a leading role in the attainment of the R&D investment targets which the EU Member States set themselves as part of the Lisbon strategy. To gain a better insight into that sector’s research activities, the NBB conducted an ad hoc survey in...
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