Employee Screening: Theory and Evidence

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Huang Fali; Peter Cappelli;
(2006)
  • Subject: elicit effort from employees, worker, Screening, Monitoring | Employee Screening, Monitoring, Work Ethic, High Performance Work Practices, Principal-Agent Model. | Employee Screening, Monitoring, Work Ethic, High Performance Work Practices, Principal-Agent Model
    • jel: jel:J3 | jel:J2 | jel:J30 | jel:M54 | jel:M51
    mesheuropmc: education
    acm: ComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSION
Arguably the fundamental problem faced by employers is how to elicit effort from employees. Most models suggest that employers meet this challenge by monitoring employees carefully to prevent shirking. But there is another option that relies on heterogeneity across empl... View more
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