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revised version published as 'Affective Commitment through Further Training: The Roles of Firm Provision and Employee Participation' in: Review of Managerial Science, 2022, 16, 1195-1226.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11399

The Impact of Management Practices on SME Performance

John Forth, Alex Bryson

published as 'Management practices and SME performance' in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2019, 66 (4), 527 - 558

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11228

Team Incentives, Task Assignment, and Performance: A Field Experiment

Josse Delfgaauw, Robert Dur, Michiel Souverijn

published in: The Leadership Quarterly, 2020, 31 (3), 101241

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11112

Mutual Gains? Is There a Role for Employee Engagement in the Modern Workplace?

Alex Bryson

published in: Bosio, G., Minola, T., Origio, F., and Tomelleri, S. (eds), Rethinking Entrepreneurial Human Capital, Springer, 2018

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10779

Run For Your Life? The Effect of Close Elections on the Life Expectancy of Politicians

Mark Borgschulte, Jacob Vogler

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2019, 167, 18 - 32

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10722

Working Hours and Productivity

Marion Collewet, Jan Sauermann

published in: Labour Economics, 2017, 47, 96-106

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10579

Short Notice, Big Difference? The Effect of Temporary Employment on Firm Competitiveness across Sectors

Romina Giuliano, Stephan Kampelmann, Benoît Mahy, François Rycx

published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2017, 55 (2), 421-449

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10240

More Female Manager Hires through More Female Managers? Evidence from Germany

Mario Bossler, Alexander Mosthaf, Thorsten Schank

published as 'Are Female Managers More Likely to Hire More Female Managers? Evidence from Germany' in: ILR Review, 2020, 73 (3), 676-704

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10153

How Do Labor Representatives Affect Incentive Orientation of Executive Compensation?

Katharina Dyballa, Kornelius Kraft

published in: CESifo Economic Studies, 2020, 66 (1), 60 - 90

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10042

What Role Did Management Practices Play in SME Growth Post-Recession?

Alex Bryson, John Forth

published as 'Management Practices and SME Performance' in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2019, 66 (4), 527 - 558

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10041

Competitive Strategy, Performance Appraisal and Firm Results

Alberto Bayo-Moriones, Jose Enrique Galdon-Sanchez, Sara Martinez-de-Morentin

published as: 'Business Strategy, Performance Appraisal and Firm Performance' in: Personnel Review, 2021, 50 (2), 515-534.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9855

How Do Agents React to Dynamic Wage Increases? An Experimental Study

Dirk Sliwka, Peter Werner

revised version published as 'Wage Increases and the Dynamics of Reciprocity' in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2017, 35 (2), 299-344

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9739

The Effect of Announced Downsizing on Workplace Performance: Evidence from a Retail Chain

Guido Friebel, Matthias Heinz, Nick Zubanov

published in: S.W. Polachek, K. Tatsiramos, G. Russo, and G. van Houten (Eds.) Workplace Productivity and Management Practices, Research in Labor Economics, 49, Emerald Publishing Limited, Bingley, 2021, 79-205.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9392

Heterogeneity of Skill Needs and Job Complexity: Evidence from the OECD PIAAC Survey

Konstantinos Pouliakas, Giovanni Russo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9294

The Role of Establishments and the Concentration of Occupations in Wage Inequality

Elizabeth Handwerker, James R. Spletzer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9286

First-Place Loving and Last-Place Loathing: How Rank in the Distribution of Performance Affects Effort Provision

David Gill, Zdenka Kissová, Jaesun Lee, Victoria L. Prowse

published in: Management Science, 2019, 65 (2), 494 - 507

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9285

The Complementary Use of Experiments and Field Data to Evaluate Management Practices: The Case of Subjective Performance Evaluations

Patrick Kampkötter, Dirk Sliwka

published in: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 2016, 172 (2), 364-389

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9243

Performance Measurement and Incentive Intensity

Alberto Bayo-Moriones, Jose Enrique Galdon-Sanchez, Sara Martinez-de-Morentin

published in: Journal of Labor Research, 2017, 38, 496–546

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8602

Do Female Executives Make a Difference? The Impact of Female Leadership on Gender Gaps and Firm Performance

Luca Flabbi, Mario Macis, Andrea Moro, Fabiano Schivardi

published in: Economic Journal, 2019, 129 (622), 2390-2423

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8098

Are Voluntary Agreements Better? Evidence from Baseball Arbitration

John W. Budd, Aaron Sojourner, Jaewoo Jung

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2017, 70 (4), 865 - 893

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8097

Trust-Based Work-Time and Product Improvements: Evidence from Firm Level Data

Olivier Godart, Holger Görg, Aoife Hanley

published in: Industrial & Labor Relations Review, 2017, 70(4), 894-918

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8055

Knowing that You Matter, Matters! The Interplay of Meaning, Monetary Incentives, and Worker Recognition

Michael Kosfeld, Susanne Neckermann, Xiaolan Yang

published as 'The Effects of Financial and Recognition Incentives across Work contexts: The Rolel of Meaning' in: Economic Inquiry, 2017, 55 (1), 237 - 247

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7653

The Wider Economic Impacts of High-Skilled Migrants: A Survey of the Literature

Max Nathan

published in: IZA Journal of Migration 2014, 3:4

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7435

Management Compensation and the Economic Crisis: Longitudinal Evidence from the German Chemical Sector

Christian Grund, Tanja Walter

published in: Review of Managerial Science, 2015, 9, 751-777

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7350

The Heterogeneous Effects of Workforce Diversity on Productivity, Wages and Profits

Andrea Garnero, François Rycx

published in: Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, 2014, 53 (3), 430-477.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7321

Bonus Culture: Competitive Pay, Screening, and Multitasking

Roland Benabou, Jean Tirole

published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2016, 124 (2), 305–370

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7088

Base Salaries, Bonus Payments, and Work Absence among Managers in a German Company

Christian Pfeifer

published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2014, 61 (5), 523-536

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6566

A Theory of Expert Leadership

Amanda H. Goodall

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6420

What Explains the Rise in CEO Pay in Germany? A Panel Data Analysis for 1977-2009

Francesca Fabbri, Dalia Marin

published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2016, 118 (2), 235-263

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6322

Design and Implementation of Pay for Performance

Michael Gibbs

published in: C. R. Thomas and W. F. Shughart II (eds.), Oxford Handbook in Managerial Economics, Oxford University Press, 2013, 397-423

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5985

Optimizing Incentive Plan Design: A Case Study

Alec R. Levenson, Cindy Zoghi, Michael Gibbs, George Benson

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5830

Physician-Leaders and Hospital Performance: Is There an Association?

Amanda H. Goodall

published in: Social Science and Medicine, 2011, 73 (4), 535 - 539

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5684

Managerial Valuation of Applicant Credentials and Personal Traits in Hiring Decisions

James R. Jones, Catherine Y. Co, James K. Harter, Myeong-Su Yun

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5623

Performance Appraisal: Dimensions and Determinants

Alberto Bayo-Moriones, Jose Enrique Galdon-Sanchez, Sara Martinez-de-Morentin

published in: The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 2020, 31(15), 1984-2015.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5501

Can Higher Bonuses Lead to Less Effort? Incentive Reversal in Teams

Esteban F. Klor, Sebastian Kube, Eyal Winter, Ro'i Zultan

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2014, 97, 72-83

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5110

Germany's Next Top Manager: Does Personality Explain the Gender Career Gap?

Simon Fietze, Elke Holst, Verena Tobsch

published in: management revue - The international Review of Management Studies, 2011, 22 (3), 240-273

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4927

Individual Determinants of Work Attendance: Evidence on the Role of Personality

Susi Störmer, René Fahr

published in: Applied Economics, 2013, 45 (19), 2863-2875

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4297

Trust and Control at the Workplace: Evidence from Representative Samples of Employees in Europe

Christian Grund, Christine Harbring

published in: Journal of Economics and Statistics - Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik, 2013, 233(5+6), 619-637

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4039

Coordination under the Shadow of Career Concerns

Alexander K. Koch, Albrecht Morgenstern

published in: B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics: Topics in Theoretical Economics, 2010, 10 (1), Article 10

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3959

Treating Equals Unequally: Incentives in Teams, Workers' Motivation and Production Technology

Sebastian J. Goerg, Sebastian Kube, Ro'i Zultan

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2010, 28 (4), 747 - 772

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3858

On the Determinants of Pay of CEOs in UK Public Sector Higher Education Institutions

Ray Bachan

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3755

The Cost Impact of Spam Filters: Measuring the Effect of Information System Technologies in Organizations

Marco Caliendo, Michel Clement, Dominik Papies, Sabine Scheel-Kopeinig

published in: Information Systems Research, 2012, 23 (3, Part II), 1068-1080

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3281

Transparency, Inequity Aversion, and the Dynamics of Peer Pressure in Teams: Theory and Evidence

Alwine Mohnen, Kathrin Pokorny, Dirk Sliwka

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 26 (4), 2008, 693 - 720

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3200

Deception and Incentives: How Dishonesty Undermines Effort Provision

Florian Ederer, Ernst Fehr

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3054

The Value Relevance of Top Executive Departures: Evidence from the Netherlands

Kees Cools, Mirjam C. van Praag

published in: Journal of Corporate Finance 13(5), 721-742

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2973

Job Assignments under Moral Hazard: The Peter Principle Revisited

Alexander K. Koch, Julia Nafziger

published in: Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2012, 21 (4), 1029-1059

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2500

Reciprocity and Payment Schemes: When Equality Is Unfair

Johannes Abeler, Steffen Altmann, Sebastian Kube, Matthias Wibral

substantially revised version appeared as DP No. 4262

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2463

Moral Hazard Contracts: Does One Size Fit All?

Alexander K. Koch, Eloic Peyrache

published in:Economics Letters, 2008, 100 (3), 399-401.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2367

Regulating Damage Clauses in (Labor) Contracts

Gerd Muehlheusser

published in: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 2007, 163 (4), 531-551

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1914

CEO Turnover, Firm Performance and Enterprise Reform in China: Evidence from New Micro Data

Takao Kato, Cheryl Long

published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2006, 34 (4), 796 - 817

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1879

Reference Dependent Preferences and the Impact of Wage Increases on Job Satisfaction: Theory and Evidence

Christian Grund, Dirk Sliwka

published in: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 2007, 163 (2), 313-335

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1843

Women and Competition in Elimination Tournaments: Evidence from Professional Tennis Data

Thierry Lallemand, Robert Plasman, François Rycx

published in: Journal of Sports Economics, 2008, 9 (1), 3-19

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1783

Executive Compensation, Firm Performance, and Chaebols in Korea: Evidence from New Panel Data

Takao Kato, Woochan Kim, Ju Ho Lee

published in: Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 2007, 15 (1), 36-55

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1767

Executive Compensation, Firm Performance, and Corporate Governance in China: Evidence from Firms Listed in the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges

Takao Kato, Cheryl Long

published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2006, 54 (4), 945-983

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1643

Optimal Incentive Contracts under Inequity Aversion

Florian Englmaier, Achim Wambach

published in: Games and Economic Behavior, 2010, 69 (2), 312-328

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1474

Effort-Based Career Opportunities and Working Time

Massimiliano Bratti, Stefano Staffolani

revised version published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2007, 28 (6), 489-512

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1423

On the Notion of Responsibility in Organizations

Dirk Sliwka

published in: Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2006, 22(2), 523-547

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1417

Do Co-Workers’ Wages Matter? Theory and Evidence on Wage Secrecy, Wage Compression and Effort

Gary Charness, Peter J. Kuhn

revised version published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2007, 25 (4), 693-723

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1331

Mixed Up? That's Good for Motivation

Alexander K. Koch, Eloic Peyrache

published in : Economic Theory , 2008, 34 (1), 107-125

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1321

Is Seniority-Based Pay Used as a Motivation Device? Evidence from Plant Level Data

Alberto Bayo-Moriones, Jose Enrique Galdon-Sanchez, Maia Güell

published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2010, 30, 155-187

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1229

Incentive Effects of Bonus Payments: Evidence from an International Company

Axel Engellandt, Regina T. Riphahn

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2011, 64 (2), 241-257

IZA Discussion Paper No. 947

Potential, Prizes and Performance: Testing Tournament Theory with Professional Tennis Data

Uwe Sunde

substantially revised version published as 'Heterogeneity and Performance in Tournaments: A Test for Incentive Effect using Professional Tennis Data' in: Applied Economics, 2010, 41 (25), 3199-3208

IZA Discussion Paper No. 605

The Wage Policy of Firms – Comparative Evidence for the U.S. and Germany from Personnel Data

Christian Grund

revised version published in: International Journal of Human Resource Management, 2005, 16 (1), 104-119

IZA Discussion Paper No. 387

The Impact of Wage Increases on Job Satisfaction - Empirical Evidence and Theoretical Implications

Christian Grund, Dirk Sliwka

completely revised version published as IZA DP No. 1879

IZA Discussion Paper No. 336

Careers and Wage Growth within Large Firms

Francisco Lima, Pedro T. Pereira

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2003, 7 (24), 812-835