The female share in management positions is quite low in Germany. The higher the hierarchical level, the fewer women there are in such positions. Men have numerous role models to follow whereas women lack this opportunity. Many studies have focused on the influence of human capital and other...

Industry clusters have been studied for a long time from diverse perspectives. The results of this research have increased our understanding of knowledge flows in clusters, spillovers between cluster actors and regional development through clusters. However, there still remain deficits in...

The research on job satisfaction has a long history and is one of the most intensively studied subjects - not only in the field of industrial and organizational psychology. The various studies can roughly be classified into situational, dispositional, and hybrid approaches, depending on whether...

Das gesellschaftliche Leitbild des ‚Unternehmers in jeder Lebenslage’ gewinnt als kategorischerImperativ der Gegenwart immer mehr an Bedeutung. Ulrich Bröckling (2007) definierte dievielfältigen Anrufungen, mit denen der Mensch in nahezu allen Bereichen seines Lebens konfrontiertwird, als...

Many studies have focused on the influence of human capital and other objective factors on career achievement. In our study, we go a step further by also looking at the impact of self-reported personality traits on differences in career chances. For the first time - to our knowledge - we compare...

The female share in management positions is quite low in Germany. The higher the hierarchical level, the fewer women there are in such positions. Men have numerous role models to follow whereas women lack this opportunity: In the executive boards of the top 200 private companies in Germany, only...

The higher the hierarchical level, the fewer women are represented in management positions. Many studies have focused on the influence of human capital and other objective factors on career opportunities to explain this phenomenon. We are now looking at the impact of self-reported personality...

Finanzielle Mitarbeiterbeteiligung ist in Deutschland nach wie vor wenig verbreitet. Während es im angelsächsischen Raum und in einigen europäischen Ländern bereits seit Jahren zum gängigen Instrumentarium des Personalmanagements gehört, wurde die finanzielle Beteiligung von Beschäftigten...