Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/108796 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 5249
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
We provide an overview over different literature streams that aim at explaining the origin of persistent productivity differences across organizations by variation in the use of management practices. We focus on human resource management (HRM) practices, document gaps in the literature, and show how insights from behavioral economics can inform the analysis. To this end, we develop a simple agency model illustrating how social preferences influence the design and impact of incentive schemes, investigate how auxiliary HRM practices can strengthen this interaction, and provide an overview over empirical investigations of this questions. Finally, we identify avenues for further research in this field.
Subjects: 
complementarities
HRM practices
method mix
social preferences
persistent productivity differences
JEL: 
D22
M50
M52
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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