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A Study of the Extent and Potential Causes of Alternative Employment Arrangements
Cappelli, Peter; Keller, JR - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
The notion of regular, full-time employment as one of the defining features of the U.S. economy has been called into question in recent years by the apparent growth of alternative or "nonstandard" arrangements - part-time work, temporary help, independent contracting, and other arrangements....
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The Careers of Top Managers and Firm Openness: Internal Versus External Labour Markets
Lima, Francisco; Centeno, Mário - Banco de Portugal - 2003
This paper studies the careers of top managers using a large panel of firms. The main objective is to empirically …
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SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY REGARDING THE ROMANIAN MANAGER’S MOTIVATION
SCÂRNECI, Florentina - In: Annals of Spiru Haret University, Economic Series 1 (2010) 1, pp. 57-67
The article presents the results of a qualitative research (conducted in 2008) on the Romanian manager’s identity … (insisting only on the motivational aspects). 45 managers were interviewed and the data obtained were analysed and interpreted … interpretation) are detailed in the article. Here are some hypotheses resulted from the pilot study: managers unlike non-managers are …
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CONTINUING EDUCATION AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT: REVIEW OF TRAINING PROGRAMS IN ROMANIA IN THE CONTEXT OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
POPESCU, Alina-Irina - In: REVISTA ADMINISTRATIE SI MANAGEMENT PUBLIC 2012 (2012) 8, pp. 277-283
The paper presents the evolution of the demand for continuing training courses in Romania, over the period 2007-2011. The general aim was to discover possible impacts of Romania’s accession to the European Union on the demand for qualifications. Findings reveal a re-orientation of trainees...
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Different background - Similar strategies: Recruitment in Tanzanian-African and Tanzanian-Asian companies
Egbert, Henrik; Fischer, Gundula; Bredl, Sebastian - Zentrum für internationale Entwicklungs- und … - 2010
The literature on enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa provides evidence that there are significant differences between companies run by members of the majority population and those run by members of minorities. Differences are frequently related to size, age, and certain success indicators....
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Deferred Compensation and Gift Exchange: An Experimental Investigation into Multi-Period Labor Markets
Huck, Steffen; Seltzer, Andrew J.; Wallace, Brian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
This paper examines the relationship between firms’ wage offers and workers’ supply of effort using a three-period experiment. In equilibrium, firms will offer deferred compensation: first period productivity is positive and wages are zero, while third period productivity is zero and wages...
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ABSENTEEISM, UNEMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION LEGISLATION: EVIDENCE FROM ITALY
Scoppa, Vincenzo; Vuri, Daniela - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Statistiche e … - 2012
Efficiency wages theories argue that the threat of firing, coupled with a high unemployment rate, is a mechanism that discourages employee shirking in asymmetric information contexts. Our empirical analysis aims to verify the role of unemployment as a worker discipline device, considering the...
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Reciprocity and Incentive Pay in the Workplace
Dur, Robert; Non, Arjan; Roelfsema, Hein - Tinbergen Instituut - 2008
This discussion paper has resulted in a publication in the <I>Journal of Economic Psychology</I>, 31(4), 676-686.<P> We study optimal incentive contracts for workers who are reciprocal to management attention. When neither worker's effort nor manager's attention can be contracted, a double moral-hazard...</p></i>
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Wage Structure and the Incentive Effect of Promotions
Herpen, Marco van; Cools, Kees; Praag, Mirjam van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004
This paper studies wage structure characteristics and their incentive effects within one firm. Based on personnel records and an employee survey, we provide evidence that wages are attached to jobs and that promotions play a dominant role as a wage determinant. We furthermore show that a...
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Selection tournaments, sabotage, and participation
Münster, Johannes - Abteilung "Marktprozesse und Steuerung", … - 2006
This paper studies sabotage in tournaments with at least three contestants, where the contestants know each other well. Every contestant has an incentive to direct sabotage specifically against his most dangerous rival. In equilibrium, contestants who choose a higher productive effort are...
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