Das Allgemeine Verhaltensmodell von March und Simon verknüpft vier fundamentale Konstrukte der Verhaltenstheorie: das Anspruchsniveau, die Belohnungserwartung, die Zufriedenheit und die Suche nach Verhaltensweisen, die Erfolg und Zufriedenheit versprechen. Die Teilmechanismen, die in dem Modell...

Contents: INTRODUCTION -- 1 The promise of engagement / John P. Meyer and Benjamin Schneider -- PART I EXPANDING TRADITIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON ENGAGEMENT -- 2 Multiple targets and referents of employee engagement / Alan M. Saks -- 3 Antecedents and consequences of work engagement: a multilevel...

We study in an online, real-effort experiment how the bracketing of non-binding goals affects performance in a work-leisure self-control problem. We externally induce the goal bracket - daily goals or a weekly goal - and within that bracket let subjects set goals for how much they want to work...

Will college students who set goals for themselves work harder and perform better? In theory, setting goals can help time-inconsistent students to mitigate their self-control problem. In practice, there is little credible evidence on the causal effects of goal setting for college students. We...

La 4e de couverture indique : "Il suffit parfois d’un détail pour qu’une organisation échoue à atteindre ses objectifs, alors même que sa stratégie a été longuement réfléchie et qu’elle dispose de toutes les compétences pour l’atteindre. Mais lequel ? Tenter de répondre à...

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Mitarbeiterorientierte Personalpolitik ist eine seit langem diskutierte interessengeladene Thematik. Wir wissen jedoch bislang wenig darüber, was Unternehmen veranlasst, eine mitarbeiterorientierte Personalpolitik zu verfolgen. Diese Fragestellung ist weder trivial noch irrelevant - ganz im...

If profit maximization is the objective of a firm, new information about quality should affect firm behavior only through its effects on market demand. I consider an alternate model in which suppliers are motivated by a desire to perform well in addition to profit. The introduction of quality...