In den vergangenen Jahrzehnten ist ein Trend hin zu flacheren Organisationenmit weniger Hierarchieebenen zu verzeichnen gewesen. Eine Verringerung derAnzahl an Führungsstufen kann sowohl positive als auch negative Auswirkungenauf den wirtschaftlichen Erfolg eines Unternehmens haben. Der...

Als Folge von Veränderungen im Unternehmensumfeld haben sogenannte innovative arbeitsorganisatorischeund personalpolitische Instrumente, wie z.B. Gruppenarbeit oder ergebnisabhängigeEntlohnung, in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten eine enorme Verbreitung erfahren. Dievorliegende Studie erarbeitet...

Die Verteilung von Aufgaben und Entscheidungsrechten kann als letztes Element einerkausalen Wirkungskette gesehen werden, die bei Veränderungen der Umweltbedingungenbeginnt und sich in der Firmenstrategie fortsetzt. Ziel des Forschungsprojekts wares, empirisch zu untersuchen, welche der...

Owing to changes in the business environment, there has been a tremendous adoption of innovativeworkplace organisation (WO) and human resource (HR) practices during the last fewdecades. Assuming a holistic perspective on human resource management (HRM), the presentstudy establishes the...

The allocation of decision-making authorities may be seen as the last link in a causalrelationship starting from changes in environment and continuing to business strategy.Changes in task complexity, which can be measured by the introduction of a diversificationor an outsourcing strategy, are...

The present paper examines the joint effect of fixed-term employment and work organizationon job satisfaction using individual-level data from the German Socio-Economic Panel(GSOEP). Specifically, we analyze whether workers who are heterogeneous in terms of thetype of working contract...

This paper empirically examines the impact of temporary agency work on firm performanceusing panel data from German establishments. Thereby, special attention is devoted to thequestion, whether there are performance differences between firms using temporary agencyworkers (TAWs) as a buffer stock...

The present paper examines the relationship between fixed-term employment and jobsatisfaction using individual-level data from the German Socio Economic Panel (GSOEP).According to theoretical expectations, fixed-term employment should be associated with arelative low level of job satisfaction,...

This paper examines the question, whether the growing use of new technologies anddecentralized forms of work organization affects the age structure of workforces withinfirms. The initial idea behind this relationship is that technological and organizationalchange may not only be skill-biased,...

The present paper examines the wage effects of continuous training programs usingindividual-level data from the German Socio Economic Panel (GSOEP). In order to accountfor selectivity in training participation we estimate average treatment effects (ATE and ATT)of general and firm-specific...