This paper deals with economic motives for and personnel-management consequences of reducing the number of hierarchical levels from the point of view of fairness aspects. A transition to flat hierarchies can, under certain circumstances, have serious consequences for employees who are directly...

"This paper deals with economic motives for and personnel-management consequences of reducing the number of hierarchical levels from the point of view of fairness aspects. A transition to flat hierarchies can, under certain circumstances, have serious consequences for employees who are directly...

"This paper deals with economic motives for and personnel-management consequences of reducing the number of hierarchical levels from the point of view of fairness aspects. A transition to flat hierarchies can, under certain circumstances, have serious consequences for employees who are directly...

Hutchens (1986, Journal of Labor Economics 4(4), pp. 439-457) argues that deferred compensation schemes impose fixed-costs to firms and, therefore, they employ older workers but prefer to hire younger workers. This paper shows that deferred compensation can be a recruitment barrier even without...

The author uses large-scale German survey data for the years 2009, 2011 and 2013 in order to analyze the nexus between the individual perception of being unfairly paid and measures for quantity and quality of sleep, namely, hours of sleep during workweek and during weekend, happiness with sleep,...

The author uses large-scale German survey data for the years 2009, 2011 and 2013 in order to analyze the nexus between the individual perception of being unfairly paid and measures for quantity and quality of sleep, namely, hours of sleep during workweek and during weekend, happiness with sleep,...