Many workers value purpose and meaning in their jobs alongside income, and firms need to align these preferences with profit goals. This paper develops a dynamic model in which firms invest in ”purpose” to enhance job meaning and motivate effort. Workers, who differ in productivity, choose...

This study examined the relationship between employees' personal work values, their alignment with organizational values, and their effects on employee engagement and turnover intention, with a focus on generational differences. Drawing on the Person-Environment Fit framework, the Job...

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is increasingly recognized as a transformative technology that is reshaping organizational processes, individual work practices, and workplace interactions. While its benefits for efficiency and productivity are widely acknowledged, its impact on...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the mechanisms through which intimate relationships influence the business achievements of both men and women. The study involved 400 Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) entrepreneurs (177 women and 223 men) in Poland, all of whom are currently in a...

More than three billion people are at work across the globe, and it takes up a huge chunk of the time humans spend on this planet. Policymakers say they want to see 'more and better jobs' or 'decent work for all' but are good jobs expanding, and if so for whom? Or are bad jobs taking over?...

Workplace behaviors and employee outcomes, such as team functioning, job satisfaction, and intentions to leave, are crucial for healthcare quality and safety. It highlights the substantial productivity, societal, and economic costs of worker well-being. Against this backdrop, this study examines...

Sick leave is a key indicator of labour market performance and public health, reflecting employee well-being and working conditions while creating a socioeconomic burden. Rates have increased in Europe due to ageing and shrinking workforces, yet research has focused mainly on medical risks, with...

In den nächsten Jahren ist die demografiebedingte Verknappung des Arbeitskräfteangebots eine der größten arbeitsmarktpolitischen Herausforderungen. Umso wichtiger ist es, das Arbeitskräftepotenzial hierzulande bestmöglich zu nutzen. Dafür braucht es Menschen, die gerne arbeiten und sich...

In diesem Beitrag wird der entwickelte und erprobte „Fragebogen zur Erfassung von Arbeitstätigkeitsmerkmalen und Arbeitszufriedenheit von Zahnmedizinischen Fachangestellten“ („FArM-ZFA“) vorgestellt. Er erfasst sowohl die Ausprägung verschiedener Facetten und Determinanten von...

Im Land Bremen verbleiben nur 36 Prozent der in der Kindertagesbetreuung beschäftigten Erzieher:innen zehn Jahre nach Berufseinstieg noch im Berufsfeld. Elternzeit, Tätigkeits- und Berufswechsel, ein Wechsel in andere Bundesländer oder der vollständige Rückzug aus dem Erwerbsleben betreffen...

Unternehmen sind mit ständigem Wandel und wachsendem Wettbewerbsdruck konfrontiert - Herausforderungen, die auch das Personalmanagement betreffen. Außerdem verändert sich der Arbeitsalltag für viele Beschäftigte, sodass die Instrumente des Performance Managements, insbesondere die...

Erstmals werden hier gesamtwirtschaftliche repräsentative Daten über die Stundenzahl auf den sogenannten Gleitzeit- oder Kurzzeitkonten der Beschäftigten in Deutschland vorgelegt. Über alle Wirtschaftszweige hinweg gab es im vierten Quartal 2023 einen positiven Saldo von insgesamt 473...

Auch wenn die Arbeitsnachfrage in jüngster Vergangenheit gesunken ist und die Arbeitslosigkeit zugenommen hat, wodurch ein potenziell größeres Arbeitsangebot besteht, fällt es Unternehmen weiterhin schwer, offene Stellen adäquat zu besetzen. Zusätzlich wird, bedingt durch den...

Despite substantial research on job satisfaction in self-employment, we know little about the specific consequences for the venture when job satisfaction declines after an external shock. Taking the COVID-19 pandemic as an example of an external shock and drawing on a sample of nearly 7,000...

Previous studies on working from home (WFH) and employee well-being have produced extremely conflicting results. We hypothesize that giving workers a choice over whether to use WFH plays a crucial role in the consequences for well-being. This perspective has a series of testable implications for...

Using German survey data, we show conflicting influences of performance pay on overall life satisfaction. The overall influence reflects a strong positive influence through domains of life satisfaction associated with the job (job satisfaction, individual earnings satisfaction and household...

This study aims to examine the relationships between tourists' travel motivations, subjective well-being and revisit intentions in the context of self-determination theory. Igneada, with its unexplored tourism potential and natural richness, is the focus of this study and represents an area that...

The global business environment has recently faced disruptions, namely the COVID-19 lockdown and artificial intelligence. Sometimes, organisations leverage these disruptions to stoke uncertainty and demand more from their employees. This paper investigated the role of job insecurity and employee...

Despite substantial research on job satisfaction in self-employment, we know little about the consequences for the venture when job satisfaction declines after an external shock. Taking the pandemic as an example of an external shock and drawing on 7,000 self-employed in Germany, we investigate...

Telework has gained significant relevance in recent years; however, its effects on work-life balance remain unclear, particularly in the context of the evolving and complex nature of work environments in which telework conditions, such as job autonomy, vary. Employee retention poses a...

Work happiness is commonly described as an umbrella concept encompassing job satisfaction, engagement, and emotional attachment to the workplace. However, few studies have explored its underlying sources and emotional experiences, raising questions about its conceptual clarity and measurement....

Leadership literature suggests that a transformational leadership style can reduce negative employee outcomes, even in challenging work environments such as the education sector, where teachers play a key role in social development. This study aimed to analyze the association between...

The hybrid work environment significantly undermines the social well-being of employees in the workplace. Existing research predominantly addresses academics' well-being challenges without offering practical strategies to counter these issues. This study identifies strategies that higher...

Institutions representing the workers' voice have long been a contentious topic in the economic literature. Against a backdrop of inconclusive evidence and limited use of credible identification strategies, we study the impact of the 2015 policy change that introduced mandatory board-level...