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productivity growth. If this is where the premium originates, then firms and workers benefit. Without unions bargaining … successfully to raise worker wages, income inequality would almost certainly be higher than it is. …
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productivity growth. If this is where the premium originates, then firms and workers benefit. Without unions bargaining … successfully to raise worker wages, income inequality would almost certainly be higher than it is. …
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Should one expect a worker’s productivity, and thus wage, to depend on the productivity of his/her co-workers in the … the case because social interaction among co-workers can lead to productivity spillover through knowledge spillover or … peer pressure. The available empirical evidence suggests that, due to such peer effects, co-worker productivity positively …
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The keys to effective teamwork in firms are (1) carefully designed team-formation policies that take into account what level of diversity of skills, knowledge, and demographics is desirable and (2) balanced team-based incentives. Employers need to choose policies that maximize the gains from...
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The keys to effective teamwork in firms are (1) carefully designed team-formation policies that take into account what level of diversity of skills, knowledge, and demographics is desirable and (2) balanced team-based incentives. Employers need to choose policies that maximize the gains from...
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Measuring workers' productivity is important for public policy and private-sector decision-making. Due to the lack of a … general measure that captures workers' productivity, firms often use one- or multi-dimensional performance measures, which can …
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Measuring workers’ productivity is important for public policy and private-sector decision-making. Due to a lack of … reliable methods to determine workers’ productivity, firms often use specific performance measures, such as how different … teachers. To select the right performance measures, and as a result design better employment contracts and improve productivity …
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Family firms are ubiquitous in most countries. The differences in objectives, governance, and management styles between those firms and their non-family counterparts have several implications for the workforce, which scholars have only recently started to investigate. Family firms offer greater...
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improves efficiency and reduces turnover and absenteeism. The effects on productivity depend on the type of scheme employed …
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effects of performance-related pay on productivity depend on the scheme type and design, with individual incentives showing …
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