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Does say on pay matter? : evidence from Germany
Tröger, Tobias; Walz, Uwe - 2019
We analyze a hand-collected dataset of 1682 executive compensation packages at 34 firms included in the main German stock market index (DAX) for the years 2009-2017 in order to investigate the impact of the 2009 say on pay legislation. The findings provide important insights beyond the German...
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Works councils and employer attitudes toward the incentive effects of HRM practices
Jirjahn, Uwe - 2016
. The results suggest that works councils play a redistribution role in wages and a trust-building role in the other HRM …
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Overeducation, performance pay and wages : evidence from Germany
Baktash, Mehrzad B. - 2023
Overeducated workers are more productive and have higher wages in comparison to their adequately educated coworkers in … the same jobs. However, they face a series of challenges in the labor market, including lower wages in comparison to their … performance pay jobs as an adjustment mechanism and that performance pay moderates their wages. Using German Socio-Economic Panel …
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Overeducation, performance pay and wages : evidence from Germany
Baktash, Mehrzad B. - 2023
Overeducated workers are more productive and have higher wages in comparison to their adequately educated coworkers in … the same jobs. However, they face a series of challenges in the labor market, including lower wages in comparison to their … performance pay jobs as an adjustment mechanism and that performance pay moderates their wages. Using German Socio-Economic Panel …
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Non-mandatory say on pay votes and AGM participation : evidence from Germany
Powell, Daniel; Rapp, Marc Steffen - 2015 - Preliminary Version as of 1 June 2015
Since August 2009, German legislation allows for voluntary Say on Pay Votes (SoPV) during Annual General Meetings (AGMs). We examine 1,169 AGMs of all German listed firms with more than 10,000 agenda items over the period 2010-2013 to identify (1) determinants and approval rates of voluntary...
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Management compensation and the economic crisis : longitudinal evidence from the German chemical sector
Grund, Christian; Hofmann, Tanja - 2013
Making use of unique balanced panel data for the German chemical sector from the years 2008 to 2011, we explore the extent to which managers' compensation was affected by the economic crisis and the extent to which it increased afterwards. Carrying out longitudinal analyses, we find that, on...
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Performance-Based Pay and Other Incentive Schemes on Dairy Farms in Germany
Przewozny, Agnes - 2016
Performance-based pay is a common tool to improve workers' motivation and performance outcomes. It is frequently used in dairy farms with hired labor. This study investigates the effects of performance-based pay and other incentives for dairy farm workers on milk performance characteristics. In...
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Goals (th)at work : goals, monetary incentives, and workers' performance
Goerg, Sebastian J.; Kube, Sebastian - 2012
In a randomized field experiment, we investigate the connection between work goals, monetary incentives, and work performance. Employees are observed in a natural work environment where they have to do a simple, but effort-intense task. Output is perfectly observable and workers are paid for...
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Does say on pay matter? : evidence from the German natural experiment
Troeger, Tobias H.; Walz, Uwe - 2016
We analyze a hand-collected dataset of 1669 executive compensation packages at 34 firms included in the main German stock market index (DAX) for the years 2006- 2014 in order to investigate the impact of the 2009 say on pay legislation. First, we observe that the compensation packages of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011539853
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Intra-firm wage dispersion and firm performance : is there a uniform relationship?
Jirjahn, Uwe; Kraft, Kornelius - In: Kyklos : international review for social sciences 60 (2007) 2, pp. 231-253
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