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associated with the predicted benefits to organizational performance from using team production. To compute the predicted … benefits from using team production, we estimate structural models for financial performance, labor productivity, and product … labor productivity and product quality but smaller predicted benefits to financial performance. For example, this is true …
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-- Agency Theory ; Risk versus Incentives Tradeoff ; Delegation of Worker Authority ; Performance Pay …
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Traditionally, researchers have had difficulty testing the relationship between the degree of risk or uncertainty in workers' environments and incentive pay. The authors employ Prendergast's (2002) theory that incorporates the delegation of worker authority into the principal-agent model to...
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The authors empirically test Prendergast’s (2002) theory that incorporates the delegation of worker authority into the principal-agent model to explain the lack of consistent empirical support for a tradeoff between risk and incentives. Using data from the 1998 British WERS, the authors...
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We re-examine the finding that new ventures employing individuals with industry experience have survival advantages and conclude that it is unlikely a reflection of the underlying theoretical mechanism advanced in the literature—individuals applying their industry-specific knowledge. We come...
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Purpose of the article: The author's interest focuses on brand managers as brands are among the factors strongly contributing to increasing intellectual capital of any organization. This paper provides a comparison of requirements for brand managers at the phase they are addressed by employers...
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change. Based on qualitative interviews with SMEs in the UK that have participated in a resource efficiency project, the …–going environmental improvement. The main indicators of management learning identified that lead to a process of learning and change were …: cognitive and behaviour change; an approach that went beyond problem-solving; a culture of leadership and participation; a …
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We estimate the effect of downsizing announcement on workplace performance using data from a German bakery chain of 193 …
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