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Do organisational climate and strategic orientation moderate the relationship between human resource management practices and productivity?

Neal, Andrew; West, Michael A.; Patterson, Malcolm G. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

Contingency formulations of Human Resource Management (HRM) theory suggest that the effectiveness of HRM practices should vary across firms. This study examined whether the relationship between HRM practices and productivity in manufacturing companies is contingent upon organizational climate...

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Urban density and pupil attainment

Gibbons, Stephen; Silva, Olmo - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007

We explore the association between urban density and pupil attainment using three cohorts of pupils in schooling in England. Although – as widely recognised – attainment in dense urban places is low on average, this is not because urban environments disadvantage pupils, but because the most...

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Entrepreneurship: can the Jack-of-all-trades attitude be acquired?

Silva, Olmo - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

Entrepreneurs are believed to be the ultimate engine of modern economic systems. Yet, the study of entrepreneurship suffers from the lack of consensus on the most crucial question: what makes an entrepreneur? A recent theory developed by Edward Lazear suggests that individuals mastering a...

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Urban density and pupil attainment

Gibbons, Stephen; Silva, Olmo - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008

We explore the association between urban density and pupil attainment using three cohorts of pupils in schooling in England. Although—as widely recognised—attainment in dense urban places is low on average, this is not because urban environments disadvantage pupils, but because the most...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126589

Employment pathways and wage progression for mothers in low-skilled work: evidence from three British datasets

Bastagli, Francesca; Stewart, Kitty - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

encouraging women back into work when their children were relatively young (pre-school age), first through tax credits and …

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Pathways and penalties: mothers’ employment trajectories and wage growth in the Families and Children Study

Bastagli, Francesca; Stewart, Kitty - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

This paper uses panel data from the British Families and Children Study to analyse the employment patterns of women … with children and the ways in which part-time work and interruptions in paid employment influence the wages of working … higher-skilled and lower-skilled mothers and for mothers of younger and older children. We find that mothers follow a wide …

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The impact of an innovative human resource function on firm performance: the moderating role of financing strategy

Knight-Turvey, Neal; Neal, Andrew; West, Michael A.; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

The current study examined the impact of the human resource function and financing strategy on the financial performance of 104 UK manufacturing firms. Hypotheses are drawn from a resource-based perspective on human resource management and a financial theory perspective on capital structure....

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