It has already been pointed out in the literature on financialisation that private pension funds have played a key role in the inflation of financial markets. This paper argues that an increase in wage dispersion between white-collar and blue-collar workers affects pension funds in a direct and...

Im Fokus der Untersuchung stehen Ausmaß, Entwicklung und Struktur befristeter Beschäftigung im öffentlichen Dienst. Betrachtet werden zudem Befristungspraxis und Befristungsmotive öffentlicher Arbeitgeber. Die Privatwirtschaft und der gemeinnützige Dritte Sektor werden zur besseren...

The objective of this paper is to assess the relationship between the health and the income from work of wage earners and self-employed workers in Cameroon. Health status is measured by a self-assessment of an individual's health; and income is measured by the monthly wage of the wage earners...

The self-employed constitute a large proportion of the workforce in developing countries and the sector has been found to be growing further. Different accounts exist as to the cause of this development, with pull factors such as high returns to capital and increased wealth contrasted with push...

Die Rahmenbedingungen der Gestaltung von Arbeitsverhältnissen haben in den letzten Jahrzehnten einen grundlegenden Wandel erfahren. In Reaktion auf eine Internationalisierung der Märkte setzen Unternehmen auf neue Managementkonzepte und eine stärkere Arbeitsflexibilisierung. Zugleich haben...

Ziel dieses Artikels ist es, die Problematik der Terminologie „Interpersonale Kommunikation“bewusst zu machen. Untersucht wird, wie zufrieden sind Angestellte und Archäologen/Museumsführer mit dem Arbeitsplan, der Museumsdirektor mit deren Einsatzbereitschaft und die Museumsbesucher mit...

Ziel dieses Artikels ist es, die Problematik der Terminologie „Interpersonale Kommunikation“bewusst zu machen. Untersucht wird, wie zufrieden sind Angestellte und Archäologen/Museumsführer mit dem Arbeitsplan, der Museumsdirektor mit deren Einsatzbereitschaft und die Museumsbesucher mit...

"Fairness in the Workplace takes a multi-dimensional approach to the concept of organizational fairness, one that views organizational fairness as being comprised of procedural justice, organizational politics, organizational trust, and psychological contract breach, all of which are indicators...

We use longitudinal data from the 1984 through 2007 waves of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to examine how occupational status is related to the health transitions of 30 to 59 year-old U.S. males. A recent history of blue-collar employment predicts a substantial increase in the probability...

Contemporary career research assumes more flexible career patterns implying increased job mobility. However, there is growing doubt that the proclaimed change is as drastic as has been suggested. We provide empirical evidence on career expectations in Germany between 1999 and 2009, arguing that...

This study examines how employees internalize differences in social distance between themselves and their managers when they are competing for a reward given by the manager. In an employer/employee relationship, this difference in social distance between the employer and the various employees...

This study examines how employees internalize differences in social distance between themselves and their managers when they are competing for a reward given by the manager. In an employer/employee relationship, this difference in social distance between the employer and the various employees...

We use longitudinal data from the 1984 through 2007 waves of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to examine how occupational status is related to the health transitions of 30 to 59 year-old U.S. males. A recent history of blue-collar employment predicts a substantial increase in the probability...

Contemporary career research assumes more flexible career patterns implying increased job mobility. However, there is growing doubt that the proclaimed change is as drastic as has been suggested. We provide empirical evidence on career expectations in Germany between 1999 and 2009, arguing that...