In a large German bakery chain, many workers report negative perceptions of monitoring via checklists. We survey workers and managers about the value and time costs to all in-store checklists, leading the firm to randomly remove two of the most perceivedly time-consuming and low-value checklists...

This paper examines changes in the Greek wage distribution over 1995-2002 and the role of skills in these changes using a matched employer-employee data set. This data set enables us to account for firm heterogeneity and obtain a more refined picture of the impact of skills. The methodology...

The shift from an industrial economy to a knowledge and service economy over the last four decades has ignited a debate about what skills are now the most critical. The European Commission has placed skills development at the heart of its economic policies, as it believes that skill mismatches...

The shift from an industrial economy to a knowledge and service economy over the last four decades has ignited a debate about what skills are now the most critical. The European Commission has placed skills development at the heart of its economic policies, as it believes that skill mismatches...

Während der Corona-Pandemie ist für etliche Berufsgruppen eine enorme Diskrepanz zwischen “Systemrelevanz” und gesellschaftlicher Anerkennung beziehungsweise Wertschätzung deutlich geworden. Dies verweist auf die Frage nach den gesellschaftlichen Bewertungskriterien für Arbeit und...

1. Talent Management and Human Resources for Neurodiversity 2. Job Requirements and Job Analysis for Neurodiversity 3. Job Descriptions and Job Design for Neurodiversity 4. Recruiting for Neurodiversity 5. Career Management for Neurodiversity 6. Employee Selection for Neurodiversity 7....

Fairness is a key issue that requires the attention of human resource management practitioners. Having a robust methodical procedure for identifying the value of job positions in an enterprise is essential. Consequently, there is a need for a job evaluation system that ensures fair compensation...

This paper examines changes in the Greek wage distribution over 1995-2002 and the role of skills in these changes using a matched employer-employee data set. This data set enables us to account for firm heterogeneity and obtain a more refined picture of the impact of skills. The methodology...

The closing of the gender wage gap is an ongoing phenomenon in industrialized countries. However, research has been limited in its ability to understand the causes of these changes, due in part to an inability to directly compare the work of women to that of men. In this study, we use a new...

This paper considers the effect of status or relative income on work effort combining experimental evidence from a gift-exchange game with ISSP survey data. We find a consistent negative effect of others' incomes on individual effort in both datasets. The individual's rank in the income...

The quality of subjective performance evaluation is dependent on the incentive structures faced by evaluators, in particular on how they are monitored and themselves evaluated. Figure skating competitions provide a unique opportunity to study subjective evaluation. This paper develops and tests...

Jede erfolgreiche Führungskraft verfügt über ein leistungsstarkes »Vorzimmer«. Sekretärinnen an der Hochschule bilden etwa einen Berufsstand, mit dem Wissenschaftler_innen täglich kooperieren, ohne dass dieser je ernsthaft zum Gegenstand ihrer Forschung geworden wäre. Während...

Anticoagulation clinics (ACCs) are specialty clinics that manage patients with blood clotting problems. Since labor costs usually account for a substantial portion of a healthcare organization’s budget, optimizing the number and types of staff required was often the focus, especially for ACCs,...

The new world of work has created unprecedented challenges for human resource practitioners. This book prompts exciting conversations on the question of: "What is the role of job evaluation". _x000D__x000D_With the developing concepts of blended work, work from anywhere and contingent workers,...

Die vorliegende Studie untersucht, inwieweit eine nach Geschlecht unterschiedliche Bewertung von Arbeit in den verschiedenen Berufen am deutschen Arbeitsmarkt zum Gender Pay Gap beiträgt. Die theoretische Annahme einer nicht-geschlechtsneutralen Arbeitsbewertung wird erstmals mit statistischen...

Eine Revolution, wie sie mit Industrie 4.0 in Zusammenhang gebracht wird, bedeutet die Ablösung von Bisherigem durch grundlegend Neues. Da die REFA-Methodenlehre bereits aus der ersten industriellen Revolution hervorgegangen und seit Jahrzehnten etabliert ist, gehört sie zum alten Inventar...

Cover -- Titel -- Impressum -- Einleitung -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- Teil 1: Fokus und Ansätze -- 1 Human Resources -- 1.1 Menschen und ihre Arbeit -- 1.2 Menschen- und Arbeitsbilder -- 1.3 Die besondere Stellung des Menschen im Unternehmen -- 2 Human Resource Management (HRM) in der Praxis --...

Dieser kompakte Band führt in die zentralen Aufgabenfelder und Theorien des Human Resource Management ein. Neben den grundlegenden theoretischen Ansätzen des Personalmanagements behandelt "HRM Basics" die Schwerpunktthemen Motivation und Arbeitszufriedenheit, Arbeitsgestaltung und -bewertung,...