We propose a theory that emphasizes the role of managers for the production and allocation of human capital in firms. Managers invest time to train junior employees, and acquire information about the juniors' abilities that is valuable for job assignments. This dual role of managers matters...

Managers ("bosses") are central to the development and allocation of human capital in firms ("talent management") because they both train junior employees and acquire private information about the juniors' abilities. While a multi-divisional firm would want to allocate workers to jobs wherever...

Owing to changes in the business environment, there has been a tremendous adoption of innovativeworkplace organisation (WO) and human resource (HR) practices during the last fewdecades. Assuming a holistic perspective on human resource management (HRM), the presentstudy establishes the...

Die vorliegende Studie untersucht mit repräsentativen Daten für Deutschland die Auswirkungen moderner Arbeitsorganisation, die durch Autonomie und Aufgabenvielfalt der Arbeitsstelle kennzeichnet ist, auf die Arbeitszufriedenheit. Die empirische Untersuchung basiert auf dem ökonomischen Ansatz...

This study investigates whether and when during the life cycle women fall behind in terms of career progression because of children. We use 1987-1997 Norwegian panel data that contain information on individuals' position in their career hierarchy as well as a direct measure of their promotions....

This is a review of research papers on Banking Industry in India. The government policy of less restriction in governmental regulations, liberalization, globalization and privatization have all contributed majorly towards Public Sector Banks in India to forcefully compete with Private and...

The best worker is not always the best candidate for manager. In these cases, do firms promote the best potential manager or the best worker in her current job? Using microdata on the performance of sales workers at 131 firms, we find evidence consistent with the Peter Principle, which proposes...

This study investigates whether and when during the life cycle women fall behind in terms of career progression because of children. We use 1987-1997 Norwegian panel data that contain information on individuals' position in their career hierarchy as well as a direct measure of their promotions....

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in significant talent management challenges including (a) hiring freezes and layoffs; (b) salary freezes, canceled bonuses, and pay reductions; (c) how work is done (i.e., teleworking); and (d) increased employee stress and burnout. Also, COVID-19 has made it...

The coronavirus crisis has led to the unemployment of millions of workers and exposed a labor market that is full of poor-quality jobs. Policymakers intuitively resort to upgrading worker skills as a workforce response to the pandemic; however, the problem isn't with retraining. The nation's...