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The job satisfaction of English academics and their intentions to quit academe

Stevens, Philip - EconWPA - 2005

This paper considers the job satisfaction of academics using a detailed dataset of over two thousand academics from ten English higher education institutions. The results of our analysis suggest that one would be wrong to consider one single measure of job-satisfaction. Academics appear to be...

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Stock Option Compensation and Managerial Turnover

NASTASESCU, Raluca Georgiana - In: REVISTA DE MANAGEMENT COMPARAT INTERNATIONAL/REVIEW OF … 10 (2009) 2, pp. 352-366

This study examines the association between managerial turnover and equity-based compensation. I investigate whether … resigning from the company in the next period and award more stock options to reduce the threat of turnover. In general, the …

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Real and Nominal Wage Adjustment in Open Economies

Forslund, Anders; Gottfries, Nils; Westermark, Andreas - CESifo - 2006

How are wages set in an open economy? What role is played by demand pressure, international competition, and structural factors in the labour market? How important is nominal wage rigidity and exchange rate policy for the evolution of real wages and competitiveness? To answer these questions, we...

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Os determinantes da rotativade do trabalho no Brasil: instituições x ciclos econômicos [Determinants of labour turnover in Brazil: institutions X business cycles]

Ramos, Carlos Alberto; Carneiro, Francisco Galrão - In: Nova Economia 12 (2002) 2, pp. 31-56

The article discusses the determinants of labour turnover in Brazil. We contrast the view suggesting that severance … payments (FGTS) induce labour turnover with arguments suggesting that turnover rates are a function of the characteristics of … supply and demand for labour in Brazil. Additionally, we present econometric evidence that changes in the level of turnover …

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Voice and Loyalty as a Delegation of Authority: a Model and a Test on Matched Worker Firm Panels

Cahuc, P.; Kramarz, F. - 1996

theoretically and empirically that the voluntary signature of such an agreement induces manpower lower employee turnover given the …

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Real and Nominal Wage Adjustment in Open Economies

Forslund, Anders; Gottfries, Nils; Westermark, Andreas - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2005

A wage equation for a small open economy is derived and estimated on aggregate data for the Nordic countries. The equation is derived from a model of wage bargaining over nominal wages; hence both long run coefficients and adjustment parameters have clear economic interpretations. Wages depend...

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Real and nominal wage adjustment in open economies

Forslund, Anders; Gottfries, Nils; Westermark, Andreas - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2005

How are wages set in an open economy? What role is played by demand pressure, international competition, and structural factors in the labour market? How important is nominal wage rigidity and exchange rate policy for the medium term evolution of real wages and competitiveness? To answer these...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651878

Leontaridi, Rannia M.; Ward, Melanie E. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

The paper uses data from the International Social Surveys Program (ISSP) to investigate work-related stress among a group of 15 OECD countries. It examines the determinants of work-related stress and explores the importance of work-related stress as a predictor of individuals' quitting behaviour...

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Fixed-term contracts and the duration distribution of unemployment

Guell, Maia - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2001

In the mid-1980s, many European countries introduced fixed-term contracts. Since then their labor markets have become more dynamic. This paper studies the implications of such reforms for the duration distribution of unemployment, with particular emphasis on the changes in the duration...

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Trends in worker displacement penalties in Japan: 1991–2005

Bognanno, Michael; Kambayashi, Ryo - In: Japan and the World Economy 27 (2013) C, pp. 41-57

We examine the period from 1991 to 2005 to document the effects of a changing Japanese labor market on the consequences of job change for workers, focusing on the change in the wages between initial and subsequent employment. During this period, job changes caused by separations from the initial...

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