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In this paper we investigate the impact of upper and middle level managers on firm performance by simultaneously estimating manager and match qualities for management pairings in Major League Baseball (MLB). We document the economic significance of managers at both organizational levels and...
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We estimate the effect of downsizing announcement on workplace performance using data from a German bakery chain of 193 shops. Faced with intensified competition, the firm decided to sell or close down 57 of its worst performing shops. We identify the effect of downsizing from a plausibly...
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In Germany, the labour force is ageing rapidly. At the same time, age heterogeneity within companies is rising. The … literature on diversity argues that heterogeneity can have a positive as well as a detrimental effect on team outputs. Our paper …Die Erwerbsbevölkerung in Deutschland altert rasant, gleichzeitig nimmt aber auch die Altersheterogenität in den …
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literature indicates little improvement in team performance when one coach replaces another. Equally, Head Coaches may have few … and quits are more common in Italy and Spain than in Germany and France, suggesting institutions may be important. We …
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Eine empirische Untersuchung mit einem großen Betriebsdatensatz macht deutlich, dass direkte Arbeitnehmerpartizipation in Form von Gruppenarbeit und regelmäßigen Mitarbeitergesprächen in mehr Industriebetrieben zu finden ist als repräsentative Partizipation durch Betriebsräte. Die...
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experiment with 8 treatments and close to 2,800 workers on an online labor market, we study the effect of team size on … team size on volunteering behavior. With the use of our control treatments, we can show that workers react to free …-riding incentives provided by the volunteering setting in general, but do not react strategically to the team size. We show that the …
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