Search for dissertations about: "hiring decisions"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 swedish dissertations containing the words hiring decisions.

2. 1. Essays on Firms’ Hiring, Investment and Risk Management Decisions

   Author : Emil Bustos; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : This thesis contains five self-contained chapters. In “The Effect of Centrally Bargained Wages on Firm Growth”, the author studies how firms adjust their hiring and investments in response to higher collectively bargained wage increases. Firms absorb labor cost shocks by increasing sales growth. READ MORE

4. 2. Essays on Determinants of Individual Performance and Labor Market Outcomes

   Author : Olof Rosenqvist; Oskar Nordström Skans; Lena Hensvik; Ghazala Azmat; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Confidence; success; failure; performance; regression discontinuity design; golf; gender differences; glass ceiling; voting age; political knowledge; civic interest; dynamic effects; sickness absence; production disruption; coworker substitutes; hiring decisions; separations; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Essay 1 (with Oskar Nordström Skans): This paper provides field evidence on the causal impact of past successes on future performances. Since persistence in success or failure is likely to be linked through, potentially time-varying, ability it is intrinsically difficult to identify the causal effect of succeeding on the probability of performing well in the future. READ MORE

5. 3. Toward more inclusive labor markets : A firm-level perspective on hiring outsiders

   Author : Hans Seerar Westerberg; Dan Johansson; Sven-Olov Daunfeldt; Per Skedinger; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Labor costs; minimum wage; payroll tax; employment; immigrants; unemployment; high-growth firms;

   Abstract : This thesis contains five self-contained papers on firms’ hiring decisions regarding outsiders and how these decisions interact with insiders. Outsiders are broadly defined as people with a weak labor market position, e.g., unemployed, non-Western migrants or minimum-wage workers. READ MORE

6. 4. Utilizing research in the practice of personnel selection : General mental ability, personality, and job performance

   Author : Sofia Sjöberg; Magnus Sverke; Katharina Näswall; Marise Born; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Personnel selection; job performance; correction for range restriction; general mental ability; personality; clinical and mechanical data collection; clinical and mechanical data combination; utility; preference for hiring approach; Psychology; psykologi;

   Abstract : Identifying and hiring the highest performers is essential for organizations to remain competitive. Research has provided effective guidelines for this but important aspects of these evidence-based processes have yet to gain acceptance among practitioners. READ MORE

7. 5. Employment Dynamics

   Author : Karolina Stadin; Nils Gottfries; Bertil Holmlund; Eran Yashiv; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Employment dynamics; Labor demand; Matching; Vacancies; Unemployment; Business cycle; Firm behavior; Capital stock; Inventories;

   Abstract : The main focus of this thesis is the employment decisions of firms. The thesis consists of three self-contained but closely related essays, all enlightening employment dynamics in different ways. The thesis is mainly empirical but there are also some theoretical developments when existing theory is insufficient to explain the empirical findings. READ MORE