Personnel economics is a rather young academic (sub-)discipline that applies (micro)economic methodology and insights to the personnel function of companies. It is scientifically fertile and complementary to other disciplinary approaches to personnel issues. Instead of that, an approach without...

Drawing on theories of behavioral decision making and situational strength, we developed and tested a multilevel model that explains how the performance outcomes of personal initiative tendency depend on the extent of alignment between organizational control mechanisms and proactive...

In 2019 the number of individuals employed exceeded 45 million in Germany for the first time. Since 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic put another factor into play that influences job satisfaction of employees, as well as their organizational commitment to the current employer. Due to contact...

Some names, especially those with biblical origins, are very popular in the United States. But this then gives rise to an interesting question: Does a good given name lead to a better life and career success? Researchers have shown that the names of job applicants can affect their chances of...

Im Zuge der wirtschaftlichen Veraenderungen in den vergangenen Jahren hat sich nicht nur die Rolle von Personal gewandelt, sondern auch die Kompetenzen, die einen erfolgreich taetigen HR-Manager definieren. In diesem Zusammenhang draengen sich folgende Fragen auf: Welche Kernkompetenzen werden...

I present two types of data about the publication and review process in the accounting, economics, finance, management, marketing, psychology, and natural science disciplines. First, I collect all articles published in 2012 in top tier journals of these disciplines and compare the articles based...

Many question the value of accounting scholarship to society. We compared the attention the general public, policy makers, and academics give to academic accounting research relative to other business disciplines and other more general disciplines (economics, psychology, and other sciences). The...

A company manages its human resources from the early recruitment phase till the retirement of employees. Employees especially at upper cadre contribute tremendous efforts to the organization and create values for its well being. Overall mentoring and quality of work life soothes the process of...

Kautilya's Arthaśāstra, from the end of the fourth century BC, provides interesting insights into the problems of governance, accounting and control in the Mauryan society. This paper uses the extant English translations of Arthaśāstra to summarize the structure of the Mauryan economy,...

This paper is the first to investigate the role of work-life balance in financial analysts' performance and career advancement. Using a large sample of Glassdoor reviews by financial analysts, we find a significant non-linear relation between perceived work-life balance and analyst performance...