Christian Grund

Research Fellow

RWTH Aachen University

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Christian Grund is Professor of Human Resource Management and Personnel Economics at RWTH Aachen University. He studied economics and business administration at the Universities of Hannover (Diplom-Ökonom, 1997) and Bonn (Dr. rer. pol., 2001). He was a visiting scholar at Stanford University (Graduate School of Business), Aarhus Business School and McGill University. Before he moved to Aachen in 2012, Christian Grund held professorial positions at the University of Wuerzburg and the University of Duisburg-Essen.

His research interests include personnel economics, employment relations and human resource management with a particular focus on empirical personnel research. He has published his work for instance in the Industrial & Labor Relations Review, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization and the International Journal of Human Resource Management.

Christian Grund joined IZA as a Research Affiliate in September 2000 and became a Research Fellow in August 2002.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17258
An Experiment on Creativity in Virtual Teams
Christian Grund, Christine Harbring, Lisa Klinkenberg
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16883
The Use of Performance Appraisals and Employees' Presenteeism Behavior
Christian Grund, Anna Nießen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16042
Monetary Rewards, Hierarchy Level and Working Hours as Drivers of Employees' Self-Evaluations
Christian Grund, Alexandra Soboll
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15956
Works Councils as Gatekeepers: Codetermination, Monitoring Practices, and Job Satisfaction
Christian Grund, Dirk Sliwka, Krystina Titz
published in: Labour Economics, 2024, 90, 102563
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14732
Working Time Mismatch and Job Satisfaction - The Role of Employees' Time Autonomy and Gender
Christian Grund, Katja Rebecca Tilkes
published in: International Journal of Human Resource Management, 2023, 34, 4003-4025.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14024
Job Placement via Private vs. Public Employment Agencies: Investigating Selection Effects and Job Match Quality in Germany
Adam Ayaita, Christian Grund, Lisa Pütz
published in: Schmalenbach Journal of Business Research, 2022, 74 (2), 137-162
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13945
The Role of Employees' Age for the Relation between Job Autonomy and Sickness Absence
Christian Grund, Maike Rubin
published in: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2021, 63 (9), 800-807.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13216
Gender-Specific Duration of Parental Leave and Current Earnings
Benedikt Gerst, Christian Grund
published in: Work, Employment & Society, 2023, 37, 215 - 235
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12670
Works Councils and Performance Appraisals
Christian Grund, Dirk Sliwka, Krystina Titz
published in: Journal of Participation & Employee Ownership, 2020, 3, 29-50
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12513
Decisions on Extending Group Membership: Evidence from a Public Good Experiment
Christian Grund, Christine Harbring, Kirsten Thommes, Katja Rebecca Tilkes
published in: Games, 2020, 11 (4), 61
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11919
Competing on the Holodeck: The Effect of Virtual Peers and Heterogeneity in Dynamic Tournaments
Frederik Graff, Christian Grund, Christine Harbring
published in: Journal of Behavioral & Experimental Economics 2021, 90, 101596
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11403
Further Training and Affective Commitment
Christian Grund, Krystina Titz
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. 11229
The Motivation of Temporary Agency Workers: An Empirical Analysis
Christian Grund, Axel Minten, Nevena Toporova
revised version published as 'Motivation assessments of temporary agency workers - an empirical analysis based on appraisals compiled by hiring companies' in: management revue - Socio-Economic Studies, 2019, 30, 5-39
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11065
Antecedents of Overtime Work: The Case of Junior Academics
Irina Frei, Christian Grund
published in: German Journal of Human Resource Management, 2020, 34, 371-397
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10750
The Role of Works Councils for Severance Payments
Christian Grund, Johannes Martin
published in: International Journal of Human Resource Management, 2021, 32, 871-892.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10713
Career Interruptions and Current Earnings: The Role of Interruption Type, Compensation Component, and Gender
Benedikt Gerst, Christian Grund
published in: International Journal of Manpower 2019, 40 , 850–878
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10642
The Dispersion of Bonus Payments within and between Firms
Christian Grund, Tanja Hofmann
published in: Journal of Business Economics, 2019, 89 (4), 417-445
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10038
Social Comparisons of Wage Increases and Job Satisfaction
Christian Grund, Maike Rubin
published in: Applied Economics, 2017, 49, 1345-1350
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9982
Group (Re-)formation in Public Good Games: The Tale of the Bad Apple
Christian Grund, Christine Harbring, Kirsten Thommes
published in: Journal of Ecconomic Behavior & Organization 145 (2018), 306-319.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9385
Disentangling the Role of Contract Types and Sector Disparities for Public Service Motivation
Christian Grund, Kirsten Thommes
revised version published as 'The Role of Contract Types for Employees' Public Service Motivation' in: Schmalenbach Business Review, 2017, 18, 377-398
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8761
Cooperation in Diverse Teams: The Role of Temporary Group Membership
Christian Grund, Christine Harbring, Kirsten Thommes
considerably shortened version published as 'Public Good Provision in Blended Groups of Partners and Strangers' in: Economics Letters, 2015, 134, 41-44
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8112
Gender Pay Gaps among Highly Educated Professionals: Compensation Components Do Matter
Christian Grund
revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2015, 34, 118-126
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. 7361
Works Councils, Quits and Dismissals in Germany
Christian Grund, Andreas Schmitt
revised version published in: German Journal of Human Resource Management, 2016, 30, 53-75, together with Johannes Martin as an additional co-author
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7097
Monetary Reference Points of Managers: An Empirical Investigation of Status Quo Preferences and Social Comparisons
Christian Grund, Johannes Martin
revised version published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2017, 64, 70-84
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6127
Job Preferences as Revealed by Employee Initiated Job Changes
Christian Grund
published in: International Journal of Human Resource Management 24 (2013), 2825-2850
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5464
Works Councils, Wages, and Job Satisfaction
Christian Grund, Andreas Schmitt
published in: Applied Economics, 2013, 45 (3), 299-310
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5315
Determinants of Further Training: Evidence for Germany
Christian Grund, Johannes Martin
revised version published in: International Journal of Human Resource Management, 2012, 23 (17), 3536-3558
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5284
Bonus Payments, Hierarchy Levels and Tenure: Theoretical Considerations and Empirical Evidence
Christian Grund, Matthias Kräkel
revised version published in: Schmalenbach Business Review, 2012, 64, 101-124
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4812
Risk Taking Behavior in Tournaments: Evidence from the NBA
Christian Grund, Jan Höcker, Stefan Zimmermann
revised version published as 'Incidence and Consequences of Risk Taking Behavior in Tournaments - Evidence from the NBA' in: Economic Inquiry, 2013, 51 (2), 1489–1501
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. 3382
Subjective Performance Evaluation and Inequality Aversion
Christian Grund, Judith Przemeck
revised (consirably shortened) version published as 'Subjective performance appraisal and inequality aversion' in: Applied Economics, 2012, 44 (17), 2149 - 2155
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3017
Individual and Job-Based Determinants of Performance Appraisal: Evidence from Germany
Christian Grund, Dirk Sliwka
published as "The Anatomy of Performance Appraisals in Germany" in: International Journal of Human Resource Management, 2009, 20 (10), 2049-2065
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2012
Performance Pay and Risk Aversion
Christian Grund, Dirk Sliwka
revised version published as "Evidence on Performance Pay and Risk Aversion" in: Economics Letters, 2010, 106 (1), 8-11
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. 1816
Age Structure of the Workforce and Firm Performance
Christian Grund, Niels C. Westergård-Nielsen
revised version published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2008, 29(5), 410-422
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1402
The Dispersion of Employees’ Wage Increases and Firm Performance
Christian Grund, Niels C. Westergård-Nielsen
revised version published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2008, 61 (4), 485-501
IZA Discussion Paper No. 875
Severance Payments for Dismissed Employees in Germany
Christian Grund
revised version published in: European Journal of Law and Economics, 2006, 22, 49-71
IZA Discussion Paper No. 647
Envy and Compassion in Tournaments
Christian Grund, Dirk Sliwka
revised version published in: Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 2005, 14 (1), 187-207
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. 221
Wages as Risk Compensation in Germany
Christian Grund
revised version published as 'Do Firms Pay for Perceived Risks at Work?' in: Schmalenbach Business Review, 2001, 53, 229-229
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