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Job design and job satisfaction: Empirical evidence for Germany?
Fahr, René - In: Management Revue 22 (2011) 1, pp. 28-46
The present paper uses a large representative data set for Germany to analyze the effect of an enriched job design, which is characterized by a high degree of autonomy and multitasking, on job satisfaction. In our empirical approach we take job satisfaction as a proxy variable for workers'...
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Two decades of post-socialism in Serbia: Lessons learned and emerging issues in human resource management
Bogicevic Milikic, Biljana; Janicijevic, Nebojsa; … - In: Journal for East European Management Studies 17 (2012) 4, pp. 445-463
The success and speed of transition processes in post-socialist countries produced quite different results regarding theirs institutional and economic systems. As far as Human Resources Management (HRM) practices are concerned, the main challenge for managers in these countries seem to be how to...
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Can firms oversee more workers with fewer managers?
Smeets, Valerie - In: IZA World of Labor (2017)
Managers are supervising more and more workers, and firms are getting flatter. However, not all firms have been keen on increasing the number of subordinates that their bosses manage (referred to as the “span of control” in human resource management), contending that there are limits to...
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Contextual determinants of HR professionals' self-perceptions of unethical HRM practices
Simões, Eduardo; Duarte, Ana Patricia; Neves, Jose; … - In: European Journal of Management and Business Economics … 28 (2019) 1, pp. 90-108
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine human resources (HR) professionals' self-perceptions of ethically questionable human resource management (HRM) practices (i.e. disregard for the individual, favoring those in power and discrimination). The research sought specifically to determine...
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Der transfer von HRM-Praktiken von deutschen multinationalen Unternehmen auf ihre Tochtergesellschaften in Korea
Chang, Sug-In - In: Zeitschrift für Personalforschung (ZfP) 20 (2006) 3, pp. 233-254
Der Country-of-origin-Effekt ist ein Forschungsansatz des internationalen Personalmanagements, der eine institutionelle Basis hat. Die Leistungsfähigkeit dieses theoretischen Konzepts wird am Beispiel der HRM-Politik deutscher multinationaler Unternehmen illustriert. Deutsche Unternehmen, die...
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Verification of the reflective model of first order factorsfor reward and empowerment constructs based on questionnaires derived from Lawler et al. (1991)
Marin-Garcia, Juan A.; Conci, Graziela - In: Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management (JIEM) 5 (2012) 2, pp. 473-495
, rewards and empowerment. In order to measure the degree of implementation of these programs, different questionnaires have …
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HRM in foreign affiliates: A multiple case study among Estonian affiliates of Finnish companies
Mia, Ervasti; Suutari, Vesa - In: Journal for East European Management Studies 9 (2004) 4, pp. 345-366
The key question concerning the HRM in MNCs is the extent of global standardization versus localization of HRM-practices. The present study analyses whether the Finnish companies operating in Estonia apply a clear strategical approach to their IHRM and if so, what kind of approach...
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Uncertainty in decision-making: A review of the international business literature
Sniazhko, Sniazhana - In: Cogent Business & Management 6 (2019), pp. 1-32
business literature, has contributed to a fragmented view of MNC behavior and of the role of uncertainty in international …
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Die Vorbereitung der slowakischen Industriebetriebe auf den Beitritt in die Europäische Union
Majtán, Miroslav; Sršňová, Jana - In: Journal for East European Management Studies 9 (2004) 4, pp. 430-442
Der Aufsatz definiert wichtige Anpassungsinstrumente des slowakischen Wirtschaftsbereichs während des Beitritts in die Europäische Union. Die Analyse dieser Instrumente wird anhand einer Umfrage unter 100 slowakischen Produktionsbetrieben dargestellt. Die Analyse zeigt, dass Firmen mit mehr...
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Self-expansion or internalization as the two processes of vertical integration: What informs the decision?
Hashimoto, Noriaki - In: Economies 9 (2021) 4, pp. 1-14
In vertical integration literature, the two processes leading to vertical integration, namely, (1) self-expansion of … the scope of activities based on internal capabilities and (2) internalization of activities with external capabilities …-expansion separated from internalization and to explain systematically when they likely occur. This study develops a unique vertical …
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