In this paper we analyze the relationship between social networks and the job search behavior of unemployed individuals. It is believed that networks convey useful information in the job search process such that individuals with larger networks should experience a higher productivity of informal search. Hence, job search theory suggests that individuals with larger networks use informal search ...

The aim of the study was to test the main and interactive effects of the key dimensions of the demand—control-support model in predicting levels of strain (specifically emotional exhaustion, depersonalizadon and job dissatisfaction) and feelings of productivity and competency (personal accomplishment) in a multioccupational sample of human service workers (A^= 813). Controlling for demographics...

A large literature documents declining measures of business dynamism including high-growth young firm activity and job reallocation. A distinct literature describes a slowdown in the pace of aggregate labor productivity growth. We relate these patterns by studying changes in productivity growth from the late 1990s to the mid 2000s using firm-level data. We find that diminished allocative effici...

Abstract— Human resources in software development projects require a high level of individual intensity devoted to project tasks, which then is integrated collaboratively to complete the project. Human resources technical skills and implementation experience are key factors for project success and therefore must be allocated and managed judiciously. Despite of the efforts of organizations, prob...

Cognitive skills are important predictors of job performance, but the extent to which computerized cognitive training (CCT) can improve job performance in healthy adults is unclear. We report, for the first time, that a CCT program aimed at attention, memory, reasoning and visuo-spatial abilities can enhance productivity in healthy younger adults on bookkeeping tasks with high relevance to real...

A worker’s job can be improved through on-the-job search (OJS) and job upgrading. Incorporating these external and internal job dynamics into a directed search model, this paper analytically characterizes the socially efficient allocation and quantitatively evaluates the model. The analysis shows that efficient OJS is front-loaded in a worker’s career and stops after a finite number of job swit...

OBJECTIVE To compare utility of employee well-being to health risk assessment (HRA) as predictors of productivity change. METHODS Panel data from 2189 employees who completed surveys 2 years apart were used in hierarchical models comparing the influence of well-being and health risk on longitudinal changes in presenteeism and job performance. Absenteeism change was evaluated in a nonexempt su...

INTRODUCTION Job stress can impose significant costs to the workplaces and organizations due to some issues such as absenteeism, less productivity, and medical costs. Job overload and lack of decision latitude can lead to job stress. The current study aimed to investigate the job demands and control as predictor of job stress and its relationship, with some of the demographic characteristics of...

in English What is the impact of employment protection legislation (EPL) on employment and productivity? Ambiguous seems to be the most robust finding. In this paper we explore this ambiguity further. We consider a setup in which the impact of various types of EPL on both employment and productivity is potentially ambiguous, we construct a vintage model with specific investments by firms and wo...

Title of Dissertation / Thesis: RESOURCE REALLOCATION, PRODUCTIVITY DYNAMICS, AND BUSINESS CYCLES Min Ouyang, Doctor of Philosophy, 2005 Dissertation / Thesis Directed By: Professor John Shea, Department of Economics Professor John Rust, Department of Economics This dissertation explores the interactions between resource reallocation, productivity dynamics and business cycles. A theory that com...