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What's behind multiple institutional affiliations in academia?
Hottenrott, Hanna; Lawson, Cornelia - 2021
Multiple institutional affiliations occur when an academic belongs to more than one organisation. Recent research shows an increase in multiple affiliations, but evidence on roles and motivations is mainly anecdotal. We develop in this study a typology of co-affiliations which identifies four...
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Inquiry-based learning put to test: Long-term effects of the Swedish science and technology for children program
Mellander, Erik; Svärdh, Joakim - 2015
We quantitatively evaluate the effects in grade 9 on content and process skills in sciences, from participation in the Swedish science and technology for children program, the NTA program. Students predominantly participate in this program during grades 1-6. Our outcome measures are scores and...
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United in Diversity? An Empirical Investigation on Europe’s Regional Social Capital
Braeseman, Fabian; Stephany, Fabian - 2017
Aiming to explain the European divide with respect to social and political values, scholars in the past have relied on a simplified four- (or even two-) dimensional regime model which tranches the continent according to the social capacities of its inhabitants. This „cartography“ of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011691030
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On the Prudence of Rewarding A While Hoping for B
Schnedler, Wendelin - 2003
In multiple-task hidden-action models, the (mis-)allocation of effort may play an important role for benefit creation. Signals which capture this benefit and which are used in incentive schemes should thus not only be judged by the noise and the associated costs but also by the mis-allocation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262723
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On the Prudence of Rewarding A While Hoping For B
Schnedler, Wendelin - 2003
In multiple-task hidden-action models, the (mis-)allocation of effort may play an important role for benefit creation. Signals which capture this benefit and which are used in incentive schemes should thus not only be judged by the noise and the associated costs but also by the mis-allocation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263061
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Wage floors and optimal job design
Kragl, Jenny; Schöttner, Anja - 2011
We analyze the effects of lower bounds on wages, e.g., minimum wages or liability limits, on job design within firms. In our model, two tasks contribute to non-veriable firm value and affect an imperfect performance measure. The tasks can be assigned to either one or two agents. In the absence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293373
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Wage Floors and Optimal Job Design
Kragl, Jenny; Schöttner, Anja - 2011
We analyze the effects of lower bounds on wages, e.g., minimum wages or liability limits, on job design within firms. In our model, two tasks contribute to non-verifiable firm value and affect an imperfect performance measure. The tasks can be assigned to either one or two agents. In the absence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010305966
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Children's Media Use and Homework Time
Pabilonia, Sabrina Wulff - 2015
homework is done simultaneously and how the share of multitasking time differs by gender. This chapter also examines the … correlation between childhood attention difficulties and multitasking while studying. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307327
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Managerial multitasking in the mutual fund industry
Agarwal, Vikas; Ma, Linlin; Mullally, Kevin - 2015
-performing managers multitask by taking over poorly performing funds or launching new funds. Subsequent to multitasking, funds run by … managers prior to multitasking (i.e., incumbent funds) experience performance deterioration while the performance of the … acquired funds improves. Multitasking increases the assets of fund companies but results in a wealth transfer from shareholders …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011310182
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Performance pay and applicant screening
Jirjahn, Uwe; Mohrenweiser, Jens - 2015
screening depends on the nature of production. In establishments with increased multitasking, performance pay is associated with … a greater intensity of applicant screening. In establishments without increased multitasking, it is associated with a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011372053