In den vergangenen Jahrzehnten ist ein Trend hin zu flacheren Organisationen mit weniger Hierarchieebenen zu verzeichnen gewesen. Eine Verringerung der Anzahl an Führungsstufen kann sowohl positive als auch negative Auswirkungen auf den wirtschaftlichen Erfolg eines Unternehmens haben. Der...

The power to coerce workers is important for the efficient operation of hierarchically structured organizations. However, this power can also be used by managers to exploit their subordinates for their own benefit. We examine the relationship between the power to coerce and exploitation in a...

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...

New public governance emphasizes less state, more market and more hierarchy as the cornerstones for effective steering of higher education institutions. Based on an explorative analysis of qualitative and quantitative data of fourteen German and European economics departments, we investigate the...