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Training (for workers) and innovation (for workplaces) are not free lunches. Both activities are also highly risky. If training is costly, possibly not all workers will received it. If training expenses are substantial, employers may attempt to recoup part of the training costs per employee by...
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This paper examines the relationship between workplace organisation and innovation in small and medium … “discretionary learning” form of workplace organisation with SMEs adopting more hierarchical organisational forms. Learning …
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This paper explores the consequences of grouping workers into diverse divisions on the performance of employees using a dataset containing the detailed personnel records of a large U.S. firm from 1989-1994. In particular, I examine the effects of demographic dissimilarity among co-workers,...
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.S. bank, we consider whether there is a distinctive workplace component to employee attitudes despite the common set of … attitudes and the determinants of branch sales are consistent with an interpretation that workplace-specific factors lead to …
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We consider differences in current job tenure of individuals using linked employee and workplace data. This enables us … workplace in which they work. The various individual characteristics are, as a group, found to be essentially uncorrelated with … the workplace effect, however, this is not true for women and non-white employees. We find that the lower tenure …
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This study explores the consequences of grouping workers into diverse divisions on the performance of employees using a dataset containing the detailed personnel records of a large U.S. firm from 1989 to 1994. In particular, I examine the effects of demographic dissimilarity among co-workers,...
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Die fünf besten amerikanischen Orchester hatten jahrzehntelang einen Frauenanteil von insgesamt 5 Prozent. (…) Als eine der Jurys nicht mehr sehen konnte, ob ein Mann oder eine Frau spielte, stieg die Quote plötzlich dramatisch an. Alles, was es dazu brauchte, war ein Vorhang. Bei der...
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