Personnel Economics - Couverture rigide

Lazear, Edward P.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0262121883 ISBN 13 : 9780262121880

Editeur : The MIT Press, 1995

Synopsis

Contrary to popular opinion, human resources, in general, and personnel, in particular, are well-suited to economic analysis. Edward Lazear, who founded the subfield of personnel economics, provides a quick introduction for economists who have not studied the area.

Contrary to popular opinion, human resources, in general, and personnel, in particular, are well-suited to economic analysis. Edward Lazear, who founded the subfield of personnel economics, provides a quick introduction for economists who have not studied the area. He clearly and engagingly summarizes his and others' work that has taken place during the past fifteen years, including recent advances in the field.

Mainstream economic theory has been considered too abstract to be of much practical use in the hiring, organizing, and motivating of employees, leaving the field of personnel to industrial psychologists and sociologists. In this book Edward Lazear shows that economic analysis can be extended to an important, but traditionally neglected, class of practical problems. He shows that by adding more detail and structure to their theory, economists can make specific predictions and prescriptions for personnel issues that arise in business on a daily basis. Lazear focuses on compensation and its relation to worker motivation, selection, and teamwork. He also discusses job design, job evaluation, institutional arrangements, and directions for future research.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Edward Lazear is Davies Family Professor of Economics and the Morris Arnold and Nona Jean Cox Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The MIT Press
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0262121883
• ISBN 13: 9780262121880
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 184
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