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Minimizing Shirking Through Labor Policies, Sarah (Sarah Ann) Jackson
Minimizing Shirking Through Labor Policies, Sarah (Sarah Ann) Jackson
WWU Honors College Senior Projects
The cost of employee shirking is an expense most retail sales companies face. As defined by Alan B. Krueger, shirking is "any employee action that reduces output." Krueger cites common examples of shirking Including theft, poor service, absenteeism, and high turnover. This study looks for statistical relationships between labor policies and the cost of shirking. We will also look at the cost effectiveness of using specific policies to decrease employee shirking.
Will The Real Adam Smith Please Stand Up?: Teaching Social Economics In The Principles Course, Jonathan B. Wight
Will The Real Adam Smith Please Stand Up?: Teaching Social Economics In The Principles Course, Jonathan B. Wight
Economics Faculty Publications
Part of the difficulty of introducing social economics into the principles course is the perception that social economics is anathema to mainstream economics. As noted by Warren Samuels, however, "neoclassical economics is already a form of social economics" despite its "pretensions of methodological individualism and value-neutrality". Heilbroner also makes the case that the " ... the preponderance of great economists were aware of economics as explanation systems of particular socio-economic formations." Like it or not, economists err in omitting from their models what McCloskey calls "S" variables--variables representing the "social embeddedness" of values which direct human choices.
Caught Between Scylla And Charybdis: Law & Economics As A Useful Tool For Feminist Legal Theorists , Darren Bush
Caught Between Scylla And Charybdis: Law & Economics As A Useful Tool For Feminist Legal Theorists , Darren Bush
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
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Economic Theory, Trader Freedom And Consumer Welfare: State Oil Co. V. Khan And The Continuing Incoherence Of Antitrust Doctrine, Alan J. Meese
Economic Theory, Trader Freedom And Consumer Welfare: State Oil Co. V. Khan And The Continuing Incoherence Of Antitrust Doctrine, Alan J. Meese
Faculty Publications
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When Y2k Causes "Economic Loss" To "Other Property", Peter A. Alces, Aaron S. Book
When Y2k Causes "Economic Loss" To "Other Property", Peter A. Alces, Aaron S. Book
Faculty Publications
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