This wide-ranging volume brings together the commissioned papers that are the basis of James O' Toole and Edward E. Lawler' s "The New American Workplace," their follow-up to the groundbreaking 1973 "Work in America" report. Here leading scholars in the fields of business, management, and human...

"Hard Work in New Jobs investigates hard work and new and expanding jobs in Europe. The interrelationship between the labour market and welfare regimes, quality of work and quality of life is played out at many levels: the institutional; the organizational level of the company and its customers...

Improving schools depends on attracting high-caliber teachers and increasing retention, both made possible by appealing to teacher preferences. I deploy a discrete-choice experiment in a setting where teachers have reason to reveal their preferences. There are three main findings: (1) I...

Die letzten Gesundheitsreformen hatten alle als wesentliche Bestandteile die Sicherstellung der Versorgung mit ausreichend und adäquat qualifiziertem Personal. In der Diskussion fehlt eine tiefergehende Auseinandersetzung mit den tatsächlichen und gefühlten Veränderungen der zukünftigen...

This working paper introduces a method of measuring the bioeconomy for the purpose of assessing the social structure and working conditions of persons working in bioeconomic jobs. Previous measurements only allow aggregate level estimations of financial and economic contributions of the...