We conduct an artefactual field experiment to study whether the individual preferences and propensity to cooperate of temporary workers differ from permanent contract workers. We find that temporary and permanent contract workers have different other-regarding preferences, but display similar...

We use an experiment to evaluate the effects of participatory management on firm performance. Participants are randomly assigned roles as managers or workers in firms that generate output via real effort. To identify the causal effect of participation on effort, workers are exogenously assigned...

Tief greifende gesellschaftliche Strukturwandlungen haben die Erscheinungs- und Wirkungsweise der Arbeitsbeziehungen nachhaltig verändert und differenziert. Nach einer Übersicht arbeitsrelevanter Problembereiche im gesellschaftlichen Kontext werden ausgehend von den Grundinteressen arbeitender...

Auf dem Arbeitsmarkt lässt sich eine wachsende Anzahl hochqualifizierter Solo-Selbstständiger beobachten, für die angenommen wird, dass sie ihre Arbeitsbedingungen individuell aushandeln. In jedem Fall zeichnet sich deren Vergütung durch eine vergleichsweise hohe Heterogenität aus....

A major theoretical objection against employee ownership is that workers become inadequately diversified and exposed to excessive financial risk. Recent theory concludes that 10-15% of a worker's wealth portfolio can be prudently invested in employer stock provided the rest of the portfolio is...

A growing body of research has been investigating the role of management practices and managerial behaviour in conventional private firms and public sector organizations. However, little is known about managers' behavioural profile in noninvestor-owned firms. This paper aims to fill this gap by...

Thanks to algorithmic management, the digital platform sector does not require sophisticated governance structures and labour intensity tends to be higher than in traditional sectors. So, why aren’t usually digital labour platforms worker cooperatives? We develop a simple model to study the...

Die Arbeitswelt wandelt sich hin zu komplexeren und interaktiveren Tätigkeiten. Dabei wächst die Bedeutung von Wissen und intrinsischer Motivation, während die Messbarkeit von Leistungen anhand einfacher Zielindikatoren zurückgeht und individuelle leistungsorientierte Vergütungsbestandteile...

The aim of this study was to analyze the structural characteristics of collective enterprises of pickers of recyclable material in Brazil, addressing questions about its administrative organization and its economic efficiency. Therefore, in addition to a wide bibliography that deals with the...

This text aims to analyze the data of "solidarity finance" enterprises that make up the Information System of Solidarity Economy (Sies). The most common types of projects featured in this category are: community bank, credit cooperative and revolving fund. Each has different origing and...