Resources in Personnel Economics

This site provides links to key and recent articles in the field of Personnel Economics, for researchers, instructors, and student

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Part 1: The Principal-Agent Model

Part 2: Evidence on Employee Motivation

Part 3: Employee Selection

Part 4: Competition in the Workplace: Tournaments and Promotions

Part 5: Co-operation in the Workplace: Teams

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This site is curated by Peter Kuhn, and was created with the assistance of Tiffany Xiao.

The articles are organized according to the chapters in my textbook, Personnel Economics, "Core readings" are from 2018 and earlier, which play key roles in the field and textbook, "Newer Resources" are articles I've collected since the book was published.