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Patterns of organizational flexibility in knowledge-intensive firms : going beyond existing concepts
Ruiner, Caroline; Wilkens, Uta; Küpper, Monika - In: Management revue : socio-economic studies 24 (2013) 3, pp. 162-178
We analyze patterns of flexible employment among the highly qualified workforce in knowledge-intensive firms. Our conceptual starting point is the Flexible Firm that can be traced back to Atkinson. On the basis of a qualitative field study in ten organizations, we show different patterns in...
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Arbeitsgruppen und ihre Bestimmungsgründe : eine empirische Untersuchung im deutschen Maschinenbau
Müller, Harry - 2014
Betriebliche Arbeitsgruppen sind eine in der deutschen Industrie häufig anzutreffende Form der Fertigungsorganisation. Betrachtet man die innerbetriebliche Organisation aus der Sicht der Neuen Institutionenökonomik, so kann man die Arbeitsgruppe als eine Institution verstehen, mit deren Hilfe...
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Incentives and cooperation in firms : field evidence
Berger, Johannes; Herbertz, Claus; Sliwka, Dirk - 2011
intensity of team incentives and several survey measures of cooperation. Moreover, higher powered team incentives are associated … with lower degrees of absenteeism while this is not the case for individual incentives. -- incentives ; cooperation ; teams …
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The self-concept of book publishers and its significance for job satisfaction and satisfaction with economic success
Martin, Albert; Bartscher-Finzer, Susanne - In: Management revue : socio-economic studies 25 (2014) 4, pp. 285-313
The present article analyses two opposing self-concepts of entrepreneurs in the book publishing industry based on the well-known culture/commerce divide that operates in cultural industries. It analyses the effects of the self-concepts on entrepreneurial orientation, intrinsic motivation, job...
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A field experiment in motivating employee ideas
Gibbs, Michael; Neckermann, Susanne; Siemroth, Christoph - 2014
We study the effects of a field experiment designed to motivate employee ideas, at a large technology company. Employees were encouraged to submit ideas on process and product improvements via an online system. In the experiment, the company randomized 19 account teams into treatment and control...
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Incentives for subjects in internet experiments
Dürsch, Peter (contributor); Oechssler, Joerg (contributor) - 2008
Internet experiments are a new and convenient way for reaching a large subject pool. Yet, providing incentives to … games). We test whether a high score provides adequate and non-distortionary incentives by comparing it to the usual … performance based incentives. We find significant differences and conclude that high scores are not always appropriate as an …
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Differentiation and performance : an empirical investigation on the incentive effects of bonus plans
Kampkötter, Patrick; Sliwka, Dirk - 2011
in a simple model that the perceived degree of past differentiation affects future incentives. We then study the impact … ; incentives …
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Multitasking and subjective performance evaluations : theory and evidence from a field experiment in a bank
Manthei, Kathrin; Sliwka, Dirk - 2018
multiple tasks. We first analyze a formal model showing that incentives are lower powered when supervisors have no access to … span of control is larger and incentives are distorted towards more profitable tasks. We then investigate a field …
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Betriebliche Mitbestimmung im Spiegel der jüngeren Forschung
Kotthoff, Hermann - In: Industrielle Beziehungen 20 (2013) 4, pp. 323-341
Die Institution Betriebsrat zeichnet sich angesichts des starken ökonomischen und technisch-organisatorischen Wandels in den letzten zwei Jahrzehnten durch eine relativ hohe Kontinuität aus. Die Betriebsratsforschung hat in dieser Zeit einen Aufschwung erfahren. Neue Fragestellungen wurden...
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Owners, external managers, and industrial relations in German establishments
Kölling, Arnd; Schnabel, Claus - 2019
Using data from the representative IAB Establishment Panel in Germany and estimating a panel probit model with fixed effects, this paper finds a negative relationship between the existence of owner-management in an establishment and the probabilities of having a works council or a collective...
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