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substantially changed version published online as 'The Importance of Codetermination for Gender Diversity in the Boardroom' in: Industrial Relations, 16 June 2025

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15455

The Impact of Absent Coworkers on Productivity in Teams

Sam Hoey, Thomas Peeters, Jan C. van Ours

published in: Labour Economics, 2023, 83, 102400

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14922

The Effect of Age Diversity in Groups on Peer Evaluations and Individual Performance

Katja Görlitz, Tim Sels

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14855

Shining with the Stars: Competition, Screening, and Concern for Coworkers' Quality

Francesca Barigozzi, Helmuth Cremer

published in: Games and Economic Behavior, 2024, 144, 250-283.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14697

The Role of the Workplace in Ethnic Wage Differentials

John Forth, Nikos Theodoropoulos, Alex Bryson

published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2023, 61 (2), 259-290

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13898

Workplace Incentives and Organizational Learning

Francesco Amodio, Miguel A. Martinez-Carrasco

published in: Journal of Labor Economics 2023, 41 (2), 453-478

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13504

Job Satisfaction and Work-Life Balance: Differences between Homework and Work at the Workplace of the Company

Lutz Bellmann, Olaf Hübler

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2021, 42 (3), 424-441

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13491

Cognitive Performance in the Home Office - Evidence from Professional Chess

Steffen Künn, Christian Seel, Dainis Zegners

published in: Economic Journal, 2022, 132 (643), 1218 - 1232

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13285

Management Practices, Worker Commitment, and Workplace Representation

John T. Addison, Paulino Teixeira

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13201

Two Field Experiments on Self-Selection, Collaboration Intensity, and Team Performance

Mira Fischer, Rainer Michael Rilke, B. Burcin Yurtoglu

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12992

Working Too Much for Too Little: Stochastic Rewards Cause Work Addiction

Brice Corgnet, Simon Gächter, Roberto Hernán González

revised version published online as 'No rest for the weary: Pay uncertainty reduces engagement in recovery' in: Journal of Applied Psychology, 2025

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12840

Inputs, Incentives, and Self-Selection at the Workplace

Francesco Amodio, Miguel A. Martinez-Carrasco

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12767

Owners, External Managers, and Industrial Relations in German Establishments

Arnd Kölling, Claus Schnabel

substantially revised version published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2022, 60 (2), 424-443

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. 12657

Are Women Doing It For Themselves? Gender Segregation and the Gender Wage Gap

Nikos Theodoropoulos, John Forth, Alex Bryson

published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2022, 84 (6), 1329-1355

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12120

Unethical Behavior and Group Identity in Contests

Julien Benistant, Marie Claire Villeval

revised version published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2019, 72, 128-155

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11970

Effects of Timing and Reference Frame of Feedback: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Mira Fischer, Valentin Wagner

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11965

HPWS in the Public Sector: Are There Mutual Gains?

Michael White, Alex Bryson

published in: F. Origio and S. Tomelleri (eds.), Rethinking entrepreneurial human capital, Springer, 2018, 43-62

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11889

Employee Absence: An Organizational Perspective

Jacob Kjær Eskildsen, Anders Frederiksen, Ann-Kristina Løkke

published as 'Employee Absence in Public and Private Organizations' in: Applied Economics, 2021, 53 (21), 2416-2432

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11861

Teamwork, Leadership and Gender

Maria De Paola, Francesca Gioia, Vincenzo Scoppa

published as 'Female leadership: effectiveness and perception' in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2022, 201, 134-162.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11825

How Common Are Bad Bosses?

Benjamin Artz, Amanda H. Goodall, Andrew J. Oswald

published in: Industrial Relations, 2020, 59 (1), 3-39

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11761

Choking under Pressure: Evidence of the Causal Effect of Audience Size on Performance

René Böheim, Dominik Grübl, Mario Lackner

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2019, 168, 76–93

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11574

Gay Glass Ceilings: Sexual Orientation and Workplace Authority in the UK

Christopher S. Carpenter, Jeff Frank, Cevat Giray Aksoy, Matt L. Huffman

revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2019, 159, 167-180

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11223

The Twin Track Model of Employee Voice: An Anglo-American Perspective on Union Decline and the Rise of Alternative Forms of Voice

Alex Bryson, Richard B. Freeman, Rafael Gomez, Paul Willman

published in: Holland, P., Teicher, J. and Donaghey, J. (eds.) Employee Voice at Work, Springer, 2019

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. 10737

HRM and Small-Firm Employee Motivation: Before and after the Recession

Alex Bryson, Michael White

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2019, 72, 3: 749-773

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. 10595

Where's the Teacher? How Teacher Workplace Segregation Impedes Teacher Allocation in India

Sonja Fagernäs, Panu Pelkonen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10497

On the Effectiveness of Elected Male and Female Leaders and Team Coordination

Ernesto Reuben, Krisztina Timko

published in: Journal of the Economic Science Association, 2018, 4, 123-135

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10486

Does Job Support Make Workers Happy?

Petri Böckerman, Alex Bryson, Antti Kauhanen, Mari Kangasniemi

published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2020, 67 (1), 31-52

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10393

Dynamic Incentive Effects of Team Formation: Experimental Evidence

Thomas Gall, Xiaocheng Hu, Michael Vlassopoulos

published in: Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 28(4), 687-712, 2019.

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. 9690

When Does HRM 'Work' in Small British Enterprises?

Michael White, Alex Bryson

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2019, 72 (3), 749-773

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. 9251

Third-Party vs. Second-Party Control: Disentangling the Role of Autonomy and Reciprocity

Gabriel Burdin, Simon Halliday, Fabio Landini

revised version published as 'The hidden benefits of abstaining from control' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2018, 147, 1-12.

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