Do non-cognitive traits contribute to the gender gap in supervisory status and promotion? We use a large employer-employee matched dataset collected from six former socialist countries to assess the link between non-cognitive traits and upward mobility. Controlling for workplace heterogeneity,...

Are work values a cause (Weber) or consequence (Marx) of the economic environment? The collapse of the Soviet Union at the end of 1991 provides a unique opportunity to investigate this link. Using data collected from an employee survey conducted in over 340 workplaces in Armenia, Azerbaijan and...

Do younger workers in transition economies have a different work ethic from those who were trained and employed in the former socialist economy? Is the link between work ethic and performance among workers in transition economies the same for both older and younger workers? We address these...

What strategies might firms employ to promote worker loyalty? Using data collected from over 10,880 employees in 650 workplaces in six culturally and economically diverse former socialist countries, we empirically assess the nature and scope of generational differences in the link between...

Does gender equality in the workplace have consequences for job satisfaction? We use data collected from workers in six formerly socialist economies (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Serbia) to investigate the link between the perceived chance that a woman would hold a...

Does worker loyalty benefit workers? While the preponderance of studies identify benefits to firms of worker loyalty, few investigate whether workers benefit. We address this question using data collected from over 10,880 employees in over 655 workplaces in six transition economies (Armenia,...

We utilize data collected from over 9,400 employees in five formerly socialist economies to contribute to the ongoing debate on whether significant gender differences in job satisfaction emerge in different cultural environments, focusing specifically on the relationship between job satisfaction...

Using data collected from over 9,400 employees in Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Serbia, across a wide variety of workplaces and sectors, we identify the extrinsic and intrinsic rewards that workers desire, and the desirability of rewards they expect to receive. We use regression...