The closing of the gender wage gap is an ongoing phenomenon in industrialized countries. However, research has been limited in its ability to understand the causes of these changes, due in part to an inability to directly compare the work of women to that of men. In this study, we use a new...

We investigate the use of performance appraisal (PA) in German Firms. First, we derive hypotheses on individual and job based determinants of PA usage. Based on a representative German data set on individual employees, we test these hypotheses and also explore the impact of PA on performance pay...

The closing of the gender wage gap is an ongoing phenomenon in industrialized countries. However, research has been limited in its ability to understand the causes of these changes, due in part to an inability to directly compare the work of women to that of men. In this study, we use a new...

This paper considers the effect of status or relative income on work effort combining experimental evidence from a gift-exchange game with ISSP survey data. We find a consistent negative effect of others' incomes on individual effort in both datasets. The individual's rank in the income...

"This book is intended for students, researchers, educators, and practitioners who would value a comprehensive treatment of work domain analysis. It makes the technique accessible by: (1) contributing to the articulation and development of this form of analysis, (2) illustrating the concepts and...

Intro -- Titelseite -- Impressum -- Inhalt -- Vorwort -- Teil I: Strategie und System -- 1 MTM - Prozesssprache und Bausteinsystem -- 1.1 Prozessgestaltung mit Prozessbausteinen -- 1.2 Von Anfang an richtig - das MTM-Planungskonzept -- 1.3 Arbeitsgestaltung und Normleistung - ein untrennbarer...