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Let bygones be bygones? : socialist regimes and personalities in Germany
Friehe, Tim; Pannenberg, Markus; Wedow, Michael - 2015
This paper investigates the influence of political regimes on personality, using the separation of Germany into the socialist GDR and the democratic FRG and its reunification in 1990 as a natural experiment. We show that there are significant differences between former GDR and FRG residents...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011295790
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Let bygones be bygones? : socialist regimes and personalities in Germany
Friehe, Tim; Pannenberg, Markus; Wedow, Michael - 2015
This paper investigates the influence of political regimes on personality, using the separation of Germany into the socialist GDR and the democratic FRG and its reunification in 1990 as a natural experiment. We show that there are significant differences between former GDR and FRG residents...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011299210
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Let bygones be bygones? Socialist regimes and personalities in Germany
Friehe, Tim; Pannenberg, Markus; Wedow, Michael - 2015
This paper investigates the influence of political regimes on personality, using the separation of Germany into the socialist GDR and the democratic FRG and its reunification in 1990 as a natural experiment. We show that there are significant differences between former GDR and FRG residents...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011301384
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Let Bygones be Bygones? Socialist Regimes and Personalities in Germany
Friehe, Tim; Pannenberg, Markus; Wedow, Michael - 2015
This paper investigates the influence of political regimes on personality, using the separation of Germany into the socialist GDR and the democratic FRG and its reunification in 1990 as a natural experiment. We show that there are significant differences between former GDR and FRG residents...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307109
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A critique and reframing of personality in labour market theory: Locus of control and labour market outcomes
Trzcinski, Eileen; Holst, Elke - 2011
on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we investigated the extent to which gender differences occur in the … development of one particular aspect of personality, locus of control. Gender differences were more pronounced in the results for … gender differences. We conclude by arguing that an explicitly value-laden analysis of the rewards associated with personality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282163
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A Critique and Reframing of Personality in Labour Market Theory: Locus of Control and Labour Market Outcomes
Trzcinski, Eileen; Holst, Elke - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we investigated the extent to which gender differences occur in the … development of one particular aspect of personality, locus of control. Gender differences were more pronounced in the results for … gender differences. We conclude by arguing that an explicitly value-laden analysis of the rewards associated with personality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371187
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Bouncing Back from Health Shocks: Locus of Control, Labor Supply, and Mortality
Schurer, Stefanie - 2014
Policy-makers worldwide are embarking on school programmes aimed at boosting students' resilience. One facet of resilience is a belief about cause and effect in life, locus of control. I test whether positive control beliefs work as a psychological buffer against health shocks in adulthood. To...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010377252
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Performance appraisals and job satisfaction
Kampkötter, Patrick - 2014
Formal performance appraisals (PA) are one of the most important human resource management practices in companies. In this paper, we focus on the reaction of employees to these performance assessments. In particular, we investigate the effect between the incidence of being formally evaluated by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010378274
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Heterogeneous Returns to Personality - The Role of Occupational Choice
John, Katrin; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2012
We analyze the role of personality in occupational choice and wages using data from Germany for the years 1992 to 2009. Characterizing personality by use of seven complementary measures, the empirical findings show that it is an important determinant of occupational choice. Associated with that,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294413
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Bouncing Back from Health Shocks: Locus of Control, Labor Supply, and Mortality
Schurer, Stefanie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Policy-makers worldwide are embarking on school programmes aimed at boosting students' resilience. One facet of resilience is a belief about cause and effect in life, locus of control. I test whether positive control beliefs work as a psychological buffer against health shocks in adulthood. To...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884117