This paper investigates the effects of managerial incentives on favoritism in promotion decisions. First, we theoretically show that favoritism leads to a lower quality of promotion decisions and in turn lower efforts. But the effect can be mitigated by pay-for-performance incentives for...

The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the main challenges imposed by demographic change on the human resource management (HRM) policies of German companies. Although many more aspects of business are affected by demographic change, such as changes in consumption or in savings and...

Altersbilder von Personalverantwortlichen in Unternehmen basieren auf unterschiedlichen Facetten des Alterns von Erwerbspersonen und können entweder auf Erfahrungen mit älteren Arbeitnehmern im eigenen Unternehmen oder einfach nur auf Images oder statistischen Charakteristika von älteren...

Dieser Beitrag beleuchtet die Frage, inwieweit Personalrecruiter das Internet nutzen, um den persoenlichen Hintergrund ihrer Bewerber auszuleuchten. Waehrend das Thema in den Tagesmedien ausfuehrlich eroertert wurde, beginnt die Forschung gerade erst, sich dafuer zu interessieren. Mit diesem...

El control de la eficiencia de las prácticas de RRHH ha recibido una atención escasa en la literatura académica. En este trabajo hemos contrastado cuál es el nivel de aplicación de las teorías acerca de la cuantificación de los efectos de las políticas de RRHH. Hemos desarrollado una...

High Performance Work Systems are generally considered to have a positive impact on workers’ well-being. But is this actually the case? This classroom-material will discuss this question from the point of view of “End of Fun”, a controversial and widely-discussed book by Judith Mair...

Environmental sustainability is generating increased concern among business executives, governments, consumers, and management scholars. Amidst the stakeholders' struggle and the challenges and opportunities from environmental concerns, HRM function joins the ongoing discussions and debates. The...

Firms allocate workers to clients to provide services. On the job, workers acquire skills that increase their client-specific productivity and therefore raise the probability that clients poach them. In this paper, we advance the understanding of this important, yet understudied feature of...

According to theoretical arguments and previous empirical studies, works councils reduce personnel turnover. This result is confirmed by an empirical examination of the NIFA-Panel containing information on the production area of German mechanical engineering plants. Futhermore the effects of the...

High Performance Work Systems are generally considered to have a positive impact on workers' well-being. But is this actually the case? This article will discuss this question from the point of view of "End of Fun", a controversial and widely-discussed book by Judith Mair (2003), claiming that...