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Essays on careers in US labor markets : the interaction of internal and external labor markets
Kahn, Lisa B. - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011405196
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Glass ceilings and glass doors : internal and external hiring in an organizational hierarchy
Fernandez, Roberto M.; Abraham, Mabel Botelho - 2011
With few exceptions, past research on the glass ceiling has assumed that the barriers to women’s advancement in organizations reflect sex differences in internal promotion processes. This assumption, however, has never before been the subject of close scrutiny. We examine sex differences in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009580342
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Promotions, demotions, halo effects and earnings dynamics of American executives
Belzil, Christian (contributor);  … - 2005
This paper explores the dynamics of wage growth in corporate hierarchies. Using panel data techniques, we estimate the causal effect of current and past transitions in reporting level and past earnings growth on components of current earnings and earnings growth using a large panel of US...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002898938
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From metaphors to mechanisms: gender sorting in(to) an organizational hierarchy
Fernandez, Roberto M.; Abraham, Mabel Botelho - 2010
Numerous studies have examined patterns of gender inequality in organizational advancement, with some showing results indicative of “glass ceilings,” where gender disparities are strong at the upper reaches of the organization, while others suggest “sticky floors,” where the gender...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003988371
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The employment relation in a technology-intensive firm : incentives, institutions, governance
Valvano, Vincent Michael - 1998
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001582578
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Physician-leaders and hospital performance : is there an association?
Goodall, Amanda H. - 2011
-physician managers. The paper finds a strong positive association between the ranked quality of a hospital and whether the CEO is a … managers, but it is consistent with such claims and suggests that this area is now an important one for systematic future … research. -- organizational performance ; expert leaders ; hospitals ; physicians ; professional managers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009310061
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Learning about CEO ability and stock return volatility
Pan, Yihui; Wang, Tracy Yue; Weisbach, Michael S. - 2013
When there is uncertainty about a CEO's quality, news about the firm causes rational investors to update their expectation of the firm's value for two reasons: Updates occur because of the direct effect of the news, and also because news leads investors to update their assessment of the CEO's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009724571
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The Fragility of Organization Capital
Boguth, Oliver - 2018
Firms with high levels of organization capital, a firm-specific production factor provided by key employees, are known to be risky and earn high stock returns. We argue that fragility of organization capital -- its sensitivity to potential disruptions -- is an independently important determinant...
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The Market for CEOs : Evidence from Private Equity
Gompers, Paul A.; Kaplan, Steven N.; Mukharlyamov, Vladimir - 2022
Most research on the CEO labor market has studied public company CEOs while largely ignoring the market for CEOs in private equity funded companies. We fill this gap by studying the market for CEOs among larger U.S. companies (enterprise value greater than $1 billion) purchased by private equity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013404366
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Empirical Evidence on Labor Profile Competencies of Mexican Immigrants to the United States of America
Herrera Aguado, Azucena Leticia - 2019
The immigration of Mexicans to the United States of America (USA) has led to migration policy problems in both countries, with ethical, social, human, health and labor implications. For this and other reasons, bilateral relations between these countries have long-standing legal needs. There is a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012862127