Die Arbeitszeiten von (hoch-)qualifizierten Angestellten ist ein Thema, mit dem mehr und mehr Betriebsräte konfrontiert sind. Stichworte sind Arbeiten ohne Ende oder Burn-Out. Gleichzeitig ist die Interessenvertretung für diese Arbeitnehmer/innengruppe schwierig, da deren Interessen und...

In this study, we explore the relation between job characteristics and employees' self-evaluations of performance in comparison to their colleagues' performance. Making use of unique individual panel data of ten large firms in Germany's chemical industry, we focus on monetary rewards (bonus...

In recent years new patterns of working time have appeared along with an increased flexibility concerning timing of work and the decay of the regular working day. We analyze the timing of working time for both self-employed and employees based on the German time budget study 1991/92. In the...

Comparing measures of work time in the recall CPS-ASEC data with contemporaneous measures reveals many logical inconsistencies and probable errors. About 8 percent of ASEC respondents report weeks worked last year that contradict their current work histories in the Basic monthly interviews; the...