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This paper seeks to explore how an agent's incentives to perform influences her performance. We analyze this question … show that the relationship between the incentives to perform and the expected performance could be negative. The paper thus … offers a novel, non-behavioral explanation for the failure of incentives …
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We develop a theoretical framework to examine three hypotheses on the relationship between human resource management (HRM) practices and organisational performance in European firms. The first is that collaborative forms of HRM practice are more strongly associated with superior firm performance...
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Firm productivity and performance and their determinants are a well addressed topic in the field of management and industrial organization. However, how different job satisfaction domains affect the firm performance remains relatively rare. The aim of this study is to explore the impact of seven...
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Technology parks provide infrastructure for the creation and development of knowledge-based organizations, which are associated with centers of technological excellence, mainly universities. This research addresses the question of management and skills acquisition in member organizations of...
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This paper explores the trade-offs inherent in the pursuit and fulfillment of multiple performance goals in complex organizations. We examine two related research questions: (1) What are the organizational implications of pursuing multiple performance goals? (2) Are local and myopic (as opposed...
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This paper empirically investigates how the level of authority delegation is related to the performance of an organization. Decentralized, horizontal organizational structure takes advantage of more efficient decision making, mainly due to more efficient use of "soft" information. The cost of...
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obtain high-powered incentives and, hence, a high personal income at the merger-management stage. …
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greater when activists are inexperienced. The evidence is consistent with activists’ facing greater incentives to establish a …
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We report the first results for Korean firms on the incidence, diffusion, scope and effects of diverse employee financial participation schemes, such as Profit Sharing Plans (PSPs), Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs), Stock Option Plans (SOPs) and Team Incentive Plans (TIPs). In do doing, we...
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