Work-related stress can lead to substantial health problems and thereby result in immense costs for establishments. Therefore, the question as to what extent establishments contribute to their employees' stress levels is of great importance for firm performance. We investigate the relationship...

The objective of this paper is to analyse the flexibility opportunities of firms to respond to increasing labour market requirements and heterogeneity. Thereby, we focus on two groups of workers and two kinds of management events. The two groups of workers are female and older workers, while...

In recent decades, information and communication technology (ICT) has been associated with far-reaching changes in the design of jobs. However, it still remains unclear whether these changes will lead to more centralization or more decentralization in firms. Previous literature on this debate...

In recent decades, information and communication technology (ICT) has been associated with far-reaching changes in the design of jobs. However, it still remains unclear whether these changes will lead to more centralization or more decentralization in firms. Previous literature on this debate...

This paper empirically examines the impact of self-managed working time (SMWT) on firm performance using panel data from German establishments. As a policy for the decentralization of decision rights, SMWT provides employees with extensive control over scheduling individual working time. From a...

Die Verteilung von Aufgaben und Entscheidungsrechten kann als letztes Element einerkausalen Wirkungskette gesehen werden, die bei Veränderungen der Umweltbedingungenbeginnt und sich in der Firmenstrategie fortsetzt. Ziel des Forschungsprojekts wares, empirisch zu untersuchen, welche der...

The allocation of decision-making authorities may be seen as the last link in a causalrelationship starting from changes in environment and continuing to business strategy.Changes in task complexity, which can be measured by the introduction of a diversificationor an outsourcing strategy, are...

The present paper examines the joint effect of fixed-term employment and work organizationon job satisfaction using individual-level data from the German Socio-Economic Panel(GSOEP). Specifically, we analyze whether workers who are heterogeneous in terms of thetype of working contract...

The present paper examines the relationship between fixed-term employment and jobsatisfaction using individual-level data from the German Socio Economic Panel (GSOEP).According to theoretical expectations, fixed-term employment should be associated with arelative low level of job satisfaction,...

This paper examines the question, whether the growing use of new technologies anddecentralized forms of work organization affects the age structure of workforces withinfirms. The initial idea behind this relationship is that technological and organizationalchange may not only be skill-biased,...