In this study, we explore the relation between job characteristics and employees' self-evaluations of performance in comparison to their colleagues' performance. Making use of unique individual panel data of ten large firms in Germany's chemical industry, we focus on monetary rewards (bonus...

Recent incentive compensation trends suggest that many firms are (a) increasing the frequency with which they reward their employees and (b) providing gift-like unconditional rewards to employees irrespective of performance. This study investigates how reward frequency and reward conditionality...

In dieser Arbeit untersuchen wir Höhe und Struktur der Vergütung von Fondsmanagern und erklären diese durch Eigenschaften des Arbeitnehmers, des Arbeitgebers und des Arbeitsplatzes. Insgesamt verdienen deutsche Fondsmanager weniger als ihre merikanischen Kollegen. Die Vergütungshöhe hängt...