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Incentives and selection in promotion contests : is it possible to kill two birds with one stone?
Stracke, Rudi; Höchtl, Wolfgang; Kerschbamer, Rudolf; … - 2014
This paper investigates whether a designer can improve both the incentive provision and the selection performance of a promotion contest by making the competition more (or less) dynamic. A comparison of static (one-stage) and dynamic (two-stage) contests reveals that this is not the case. A...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260055
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A career management perspective on employee performance and turnover
Kraimer, Maria L.; Seibert, Scott E.; Wayne, Sandy J.; … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002233662
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When to go and how to go? : founder and leader transition in private equity firms
Lerner, Joshua; Noble, Diana - 2021
Leadership transition in private equity firms is an understudied field, despite the important, albeit controversial …
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Personality and career : she's got what it takes
Jebsen, Simon; Holst, Elke; Tobsch, Verena - 2009
The female share in management positions is quite low in Germany. The higher the hierarchical level, the fewer women there are in such positions. Men have numerous role models to follow whereas women lack this opportunity: In the executive boards of the top 200 private companies in Germany, only...
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The impact of peer performance and relative rank on managerial career attainment : evidence from college students
Ribas, Rafael Pérez; Sampaio, Breno; Trevisan, Giuseppe - 2024
The ranking system within academic environments may impact future professional trajectories. Examining the influence of class rank on college students' managerial attainment is crucial for understanding some determinants of career advancement. This paper estimates the effect of a low rank in a...
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Boundary work and water resources : towards improved management and research practice?
Dörendahl, Esther I. - 2013
This paper explores the potential of "boundary work" perspectives for enhancing current approaches in water resources management and research with a focus on developing countries. Boundary work thinking is analysed in the context of three currently leading approaches for water and natural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010210192
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Bringing research into policy : understanding context-specific requirements for productive knowledge brokering in legislatures
Karaulova, Maria; Edler, Jakob - 2023
This paper examines the influence of the institutional setting on knowledge brokering work in legislatures. We argue that legislative brokers face three specific challenges: heightened legitimacy requirements for the brokered knowledge, the need to cater for a wide range of topics and different...
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Returns to tenure or seniority?
Buhai, Sebastian; Portela, Miguel; Teulings, Coen N.; … - 2008 - This version: 27 June 2008
, are the first to leave the firm (Last In, First Out; LIFO). Second, workers’ wages rise with seniority (= a worker … to seniority in wages. Efficiency in hiring requires the workers’ bargaining power to be in line with their share in the …
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The importance of financial incentives on retirement choices
Belloni, Michele; Alessie, Rob - 2008
dataset contains for the first time in Italy information on seniority. In accordance with the general finding in Gruber and … their retirement probability increases in a sizable way. We also find that the procedure to impute seniority used in … inconsistently estimated. Our sensitivity analysis suggests that the lack of appropriate information on seniority is an important …
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