Concerning the issue of conceptualization and operationalization of abusive supervision, contemporary studies including the one presented below discuss several issues. The presented paper is aimed at the downward (vertical) form of workplace bullying, described in literature as abusive...

This paper proposes a basic model with two types of capital: productive capital directly involved in the production process and capital devoted to monitoring workers. Surveillance capital intensifies workers' job strain, while wage recognition encourages their engagement. Firms face a double...

Generalisiertes Vertrauen in Mitmenschen ist gerade in Krisenzeiten wichtig. Wenn Vertrauen fehlt, sind Kontrollen und Sanktionen notwendig, die wiederum Transaktionskosten verursachen. Außerdem richten sich Kontrollmaßnahmen an alle Menschen, auch wenn nur wenige Fehlverhalten zeigen....

Background: Monitoring and surveillance are a fundamental part of the workplace environment, with employee performance and productivity as the main objects of scrutiny. However, many questions surround the ethical nature of managements' ability to employ advanced digital technologies to monitor...

A proposed reason for the significant inverse relationship between distance (both physical and cultural) and foreign direct investment is the increased costs for a parent firm to monitor an affiliate when there is greater distance between them. We provide the first direct test of this hypothesis...

African Americans face shorter employment durations than apparently similar whites. We hypothesize that employers discriminate in either acquiring or acting on ability-relevant information. We construct a model in which firms may "monitor" workers. Monitoring black but not white workers is...

African Americans face shorter employment durations than apparently similar whites. We hypothesize that employers discriminate in either acquiring or acting on ability-relevant information. We construct a model in which firms may "monitor" workers. Monitoring black but not white workers is...

The many obvious benefits that accompany digital technology have been matched by some less welcome and more contentious impacts. One of these is the steady erosion of privacy. For example monitoring and surveillance has become a fundamental part of the workplace environment, with employee...

A proposed reason for the significant inverse relationship between distance (both physical and cultural) and foreign direct investment is the increased costs for a parent firm to monitor an affiliate when there is greater distance between them. We provide the first direct test of this hypothesis...

Der Arbeitsplatz der Zukunft ist vielfältig: Ob von zuhause, im Zug oder am Rheinufer - Smartphones, Tablets und Laptops machen es möglich. Unternehmen setzen daher zunehmend auf Zielvereinbarungen und einen ergebnisorientierten Führungsstil statt Anwesenheitskontrollen im Betrieb.

Dieses Buch bietet einen Überblick über praxisrelevante rechtliche Fragen im Zusammenhang mit Compliance-Verstößen. Von Routinekontrollen bis zum Ernstfall der Ermittlungen gegen Unternehmensangehörige wird dargestellt, wie Unternehmen das Verhalten Ihrer Mitarbeiter kontrollieren, ohne...

La 4e de couv. indique : "La mobilisation des hommes et des compétences connaît de profonds bouleversements qui exigent de nouvelles formes de pilotage et de contrôle. Comment concevoir et mettre en œuvre celles-ci en développant les pratiques du contrôle de gestion sociale ? Comment...

Status-seeking behaviors are linked to executive career progression, but do leaders appreciate being surrounded by followers eager to move up in the organizational hierarchy? Building on the self-enhancement theory, we propose that leaders with high self-assessed getting-ahead behaviors give...

The vast majority of firms in developing economies are micro and small enterprises owned by families whose members also provide the labour to the units. Often, they fail to grow in size even with the relaxation of credit constraints. In this paper, we show that frictions in the labour market...

The vast majority of firms in developing economies are micro and small enterprises owned by families whose members also provide the labour to the units. Often, they fail to grow in size even with the relaxation of credit constraints. In this paper, we show that frictions in the labour market...