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| Bitsch, Vera; Harsh, Stephen B.. |
| Managers of greenhouses, nurseries, and landscape contractors participated in five focus group discussions on labor-related risks. Managers conceptualize labor risks along the human resource management process: (1) recruitment and selection, (2) training and development, (3) performance evaluation and discipline, (4) careers and relationships, and (5) compensation packages. In addition, they identified (6) immigrant employees and (7) labor laws and regulations as sources of risk. They recognized a large number of risk-increasing attributes, but also a number of mediating strategies to reduce these risks. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Focus group discussion; Human resource management; Personnel management; Risk management; Risk perception; B41; B49; M12; Q12. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43472 |
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| Theesfeld, Insa; Schleyer, Christian; Callois, Jean-Marc; Aznar, Olivier. |
| Ex-ante impact assessment of agricultural, environmental, and rural policies has become an integral part of political decision making processes in the EU. While there is a large variety of agri-environmental modelling tools available to analyse likely social, economic, and environmental impacts of these policies, scientifically well-founded ex-ante policy assessment tools capturing institutional dimensions are still missing. In this paper, we introduce a formalised procedure for modelling – ex-ante – institutional aspects for policy implementation: the ‘Procedure for Institutional Compatibility Assessment’ (PICA). It has recently been developed within the SEAMLESS project as a component of an integrative modelling framework for ex-ante assessment of policy... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Ex-ante Policy Assessment; Institutional Policy Assessment; Agricultural and Food Policy; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; B49; D78; Q18. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6112 |
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| Bitsch, Vera; Hogberg, Michael. |
| Job satisfaction is likely the most studied work-related attitude and is assumed to influence a variety of behaviors. This study analyzes the job satisfaction of agricultural employees using Herzberg’s theory, which is broadly employed in management. Fourteen horticultural businesses participated in case studies of labor-management practices. Fifteen nonsupervisory employee interviews were analyzed regarding job satisfaction. Components of job satisfaction relevant to horticultural employees were family-business values, achievement, recognition, work itself, involvement, personal life, interpersonal relationships, job security, supervision, working conditions, organization, safety, compensation, and information. While support for Herzberg’s theory is... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Human resource management; Hygiene factors; In-depth interviews; Job satisfaction; Motivators; Personnel management; Qualitative research; B49; M12; M50; M54; Q12. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43500 |
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