Lazear - Samenvattingen en Aantekeningen

All the compulsory articles of the course Personnel Economics in one summary. This summary consists figures, tables and personal notes. Articles of: Van der Meer, Wang et al. Glebbeek & Bax, Dur & Van Lent, Cassar & Meier, Lazear and many more.

Personnel economics assignment week 2 a. Why do you want to invest in higher education, according to Lazear & Gibbs in chapter 3? b. Why do you want to invest in higher education, according to Weiss? c. What is the principal difference between Weiss’ explanation and that of Lazear & Gibbs? d. Does this affect other personnel policies that employers use? e. What is the difference between general and firm-specific human capital? Discuss also the consequences. a. What is the opinion of Gl...

Personnel economics assignment week 3 Assignment about Individual Job Design a. How can Job Design increase the meaning of work according to Cassar and Meier. Refer to Deci and Ryan. How does that relate to a modern approach of job design (Lazear and Gibbs)? b. What is the relation between a meaningful job and wages according to Cassar and Meier? c. Is it always possible or necessary to make workers as happy as possible? Think about when you should use Tayloristic techniques vs. continuou...

Personnel economics assignment week 4 Assignment incentive pay: a. Which two main effects explain the change in productivity when firms change from an hourly wage to incentive pay (Lazear 2000)? b. How successful was the change from an hourly wage to incentive pay at Safelite Glass Corporation (Lazear, 2000)? c. How successful is the incentive pay system at the machine shop Donald Roy (1952) worked in? d. How successful is the hourly wage paid at an utility company in the eastern Uni...

Personnel economics assignment week 6' Assignment tournament model: a. What are the basic characteristics of a tournament like pay system (Lazear & Gibbs)? b. How can you win a tournament? Is that always in the interest of the organization? What can you do against it (Lazear & Gibbs)? c. What are the findings of Carpenter et al., 2010? Include in your answer the setup of the experiment. d. How can employees react to unfair treatment in a tournament according to Lindquist? What are her f...

Assignment about the employment relationship for lecture 7 from Personell Economics

Personell Economics Assignment Lecture 6 about tournament models

Personell Economics Assignment Lecture 3 about individual and advanced job design

Personell Economics Assignment Lecture 5 about executive pay

Personell Economics Assignment Lecture 2 about human capital theory and labour turnover