Evidence-based HRM: Volume 4 Issue 1

Injured workers and their return to work: Beyond individual disability and economic incentives

Monica Galizzi, Roberto Leombruni, Lia Pacelli, Antonella Bena

The purpose of this paper is to study the factors affecting the return to work (RTW) of injured workers in an institutional setting where workers’ earnings are fully compensated…

Examining the relationship between employee indicators of resistance to changes in job conditions and wider organisational change: Evidence from Ireland

Seamus McGuinness, Hugh Cronin

The purpose of this paper is to use a linked employer-employee data set, the National Employment Survey, to examine the determinants of organisational change and employee…

Incentive pay configurations: bundle options and country-level adoption

Nicholas R. Prince, J. Bruce Prince, Bradley R. Skousen, Rüediger Kabst

Organizations worldwide are faced with the challenge of motivating and retaining employees. In addressing this challenge, organizations may use a variety of incentive pay…

The personality of managers in Britain: gender and sector differences

Yannis Georgellis, Nopdol Sankae

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between the big-five personality traits and employees’ chances to become managers, paying particular attention to…

Awards as non-monetary incentives

Bruno S. Frey, Jana Gallus

The purpose of this paper is to shed light on a widely used yet scarcely investigated form of incentive, awards. The paper seeks to explore, first, whether awards can be used to…