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The Efficiency of Slacking Off: Evidence from the Emergency Department
David C. Chan, Jr. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2015
Work schedules play an important role in time-sensitive production utilizing workers interchangeably. Studying emergency department physicians in shift work, I find two types of strategic behavior induced by schedules. First, on an extensive margin, physicians "slack off" by accepting fewer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011196777
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The value of bosses
Lazear, Edward P.; Shaw, Kathryn L. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
How and by how much do supervisors enhance worker productivity? Using a company-based data set on the productivity of technology-based services workers, supervisor effects are estimated and found to be large. Replacing a boss who is in the lower 10% of boss quality with one who is in the upper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126013
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The Value of Bosses
Lazear, Edward P.; Shaw, Kathryn L.; Stanton, Christopher T. - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2014
How and by how much do supervisors enhance worker productivity? Using a company-based data set on the productivity of technology-based services workers, supervisor effects are estimated and found to be large. Replacing a boss who is in the lower 10% of boss quality with one who is in the upper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011096841
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HRM and Small-Firm Employee Motivation: Before and after the Recession
Bryson, Alex; White, Michael - 2017
measures of motivation we find the returns to small firm investments in HRM are u-shaped. Small firms benefit from … are initially introduced, but can restore positive motivation when they invest intensively in HRM practices in a way that … employee motivation is modified somewhat by the recessionary transition, it remains rather robust and continues to have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653465
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Why Are Jobs Designed the Way They Are?
Zoghi, Cindy; Levenson, Alec; Gibbs, Michael - 2005
In this paper we study job design. Will an organization plan precisely how the job is to be done ex ante, or ask workers to determine the process as they go? We first model this decision and predict complementarity between these job attributes: multitasking, discretion, skills, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262638
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HPWS in the Public Sector: Are There Mutual Gains?
White, Michael; Bryson, Alex - 2018
Few studies investigate the links between high-performance work systems (HPWS) on public sector organizational performance and worker job attitudes. We fill this gap with analyses of these links using linked employer-employee surveys of workplaces in Britain in 2004 and 2011. We find robust...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011984525
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Why Are Jobs Designed the Way They Are?
Zoghi, Cindy; Levenson, Alec; Gibbs, Michael - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
In this paper we study job design. Will an organization plan precisely how the job is to be done ex ante, or ask workers to determine the process as they go? We first model this decision and predict complementarity between these job attributes: multitasking, discretion, skills, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761817
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Why Are Jobs Designed the Way They Are?
Zoghi, Cindy; Levenson, Alec; Gibbs, Michael - Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor - 2005
In this paper we study job design. Will an organization plan precisely how the job is to be done ex ante, or ask workers to determine the process as they go? We first model this decision and predict complementarity between these job attributes: multitasking, discretion, skills, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005138947
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HPWS in the public sector : are there mutual gains?
White, Michael; Bryson, Alex - 2018
Few studies investigate the links between high-performance work systems (HPWS) on public sector organizational performance and worker job attitudes. We fill this gap with analyses of these links using linked employer-employee surveys of workplaces in Britain in 2004 and 2011. We find robust...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011950525
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Why Do Some Firms Give Stock Options to All Employees? : An Empirical Examination of Alternative Theories
Oyer, Paul - 2004
Many firms issue stock options to all employees. We consider three potential economic justifications for this practice: providing incentives to employees, inducing employees to sort, and helping firms retain employees. We gather data on firms' stock option grants to middle managers from three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012739052