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How amenities affect job and wage choices over the life cycle

Nosal, Ed; Rupert, Peter - Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland - 2003

The current wage at a job may not fully reflect the "value" of that job. For example, a job with a low starting wage … may be preferred to one with a high starting wage if the growth rate of wages is higher in the former than in the latter …. In fact, differences in wage growth can potentially explain why a worker might want to quit a high-paying job for one …

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What makes an entrepreneur independent? Evidence from time use survey

Hyytinen, Ari; Ruuskanen, Olli-Pekka - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2006

It is a well-documented empirical regularity that it is more satisfying to be self-employed han to work as an employee for an organization. A large part of this difference in job satisfaction is in the literature attributed to the strong perception of independence by the self-employed. In this...

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Do Wages Compensate for Workplace Disamenities?

Lalive, Rafael - In: Applied Economics Quarterly (formerly: Konjunkturpolitik) 53 (2007) 3, pp. 273-298

Adam Smith's idea that the wage structure reflects differences in work conditions is a central pillar of the …. This paper suggests a novel test for compensating wage differentials based on job satisfaction and wages. If wages …. Moreover, this new test allows discussing whether industry and firm size wage differentials reflect rents or compensate for …

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"The Further We Stretch the Higher the Sky" - On the Impact of Wage Increases on Job Satisfaction

Grund, Christian; Sliwka, Dirk - University of Bonn, Germany - 2003

The impact of wage increases on job satisfaction is explored. First, it is empirically confirmed that current job … satisfaction rises with the absolute wage level as well as with wage increases. Second, a basic job satisfaction function is … directly implies increasing and concave shaped wage profiles. It is shown that employees get unhappier over time staying on a …

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Recruiting via Internet

Grund, Christian - University of Bonn, Germany - 2005

The internet virtually revolutionized the possibilities of employee recruiting. First of all, this contribution undertakes a description of the market. Then, advantages and possible problems of the recruitment via internet are discussed. The empirical study analyses the issues, which persons...

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Job disamenities, job satisfaction, quit intentions, and actual separations: putting the pieces together

Böckerman, Petri; Ilmakunnas, Pekka - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

We analyze the potential role of adverse working conditions at the workplace in the determination of employees’ quit behavior. Our data contain both detailed information on perceived job disamenities, job satisfaction, and quit intentions from a cross-section survey and information on...

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Corporate real estate as a human resource management tool

Martin, Paul L.; Black, Roy T. - In: Journal of Corporate Real Estate 8 (2006) 2, pp. 52-61

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how a firm can incorporate real estate strategy with its core strategy, using the workspace to support its human resource objectives. The intent is to examine how important the quality of the workplace is to employees and the resulting impact...

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Job perceptions following statewide evidence-based treatment implementation

Green, Amy E.; Cafri, Guy; Aarons, Gregory - In: Journal of Children's Services 11 (2016) 4, pp. 345-355

Purpose The concerns that implementing a new structured innovation with increased oversight may lead to reduced job autonomy and poorer work attitudes. These concerns have been cited as a barrier to evidence-based treatment (EBT) implementation. However, previous research found lower turnover...

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Have you experienced fun in the workplace?

Chan, Simon C.H.; Mak, Wai-ming - In: Journal of Chinese Human Resource Management 7 (2016) 1, pp. 27-38

Purpose This purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between workplace fun, trust-in-management, employee satisfaction and whether the level of fun experienced at work moderates the effects. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from a sample of 240 frontline staff in a...

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The relationship between organizational justice and job satisfaction

Hao, Yunhong; Hao, Jie; Wang, Xiaochen - In: Journal of Chinese Human Resource Management 7 (2016) 2, pp. 115-128

Purpose Focusing on the corporations in China and aiming to figure out the significant connection between organizational justice perception and job satisfaction from Chinese setting, this study aimed to examine the effects of organizational justice upon job satisfaction of the full-time and...

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