Zeitschrift für Personalforschung

Zfp-Diskurs: Human Capital Management

Organisationskapital Und Humankapital Als Strategische Ressourcen**

Existing studies examining the impact of human and organizational capital on firm performance are based on data for firms from various industries. However, a review of existing research as well as a case study on the German mechanical engineering industry presented in this article, suggests that an industry-focused, insider-econometric design would be more appropriate. Several propositions derived via resource-based arguments are confirmed in an ordered logistic regression analysis on data fr...

Performance Management in Public &Amp; Nonprofit Organisationen. Empirische Ergebnisse Zum Teilaspekt Performance Appraisal**

Currently performance management in nonprofit organizations is a widely discussed issue in the German speaking literature (vgl. Drost 2007; Jäger/Beyes 2007; Weibler 2007; Brandl et al. 2007). This article contributes to this debate by presenting and discussing results of an empirical study into the acceptance of a newly introduced performance appraisal system at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. The research suggests that acceptance depends to a great extent on the perceived equity, t...

Betriebliche Einflussfaktoren Auf Rekrutierungen Älterer Und Deren Bewerbungen**

Demographic change will lead to a longer working life and older employees taking up of new employment. Using IAB micro economic data, this article investigates firms' characteristics and their recruitment behavior towards workers aged 50 years and more. Special consideration is given to labor supply issues and in particular applications from older job seekers. Our results show that about 75% of firms do not receive applications from such job seekers. Of the firms that do, about one half recru...

Stellungnahme Zum Beitrag 'Human Capital Management: The German Way'

Do Temporary Agencies Have Incentives to Invest in Human Capital of Their Flexworkers?C

Schmidt and Thommes (2007) raise this question in their contribution for Zeitschrift für Personalforschung (German Journal of Human Resource Research, Special Issue on Human Capital Management). Their well written paper takes into account most of the relevant literature on temporary work agencies. This commentary describes the position of Randstad in the German market as well as the results of some neglected international papers on the effects of temporary agency work.

Sine Ira Et Studio: Entgegnung Auf Eine Stellungnahme

Editorial: Zur Kluft Zwischen Personalwissenschaft Und Personalpraxis - Anmerkungen Aus Einem Aktuellen Anlass

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Ein Bisschen Konkurrenz Belebt Das Geschäft

Unternehmenserfolg Und Managervergütung. Ein Internationaler Vergleich

Unternehmenserfolg und Managervergütung. Ein internationaler Vergleich, by Yasmine Chahed and Hans-Erich Müller, is reviewed.