Brian E Becker
Biographic Data
| ID | 972554 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brian E Becker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brian E |
| FAMILY NAME | Becker |
| SIGNATURE | BECKER B E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University at Buffalo, State University of New York |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5607-3418 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 53 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
SHRM and job design: Narrowing the divide
Strategic Human Resources Management: Where Do We Go From Here?
The authors identify the key challenges facing strategic human resource management (SHRM) going forward and discuss several new directions in both the scholarship and practice of SHRM. They focus on a clearer articulation of the “black box” between HR and firm performance, emphasizing the integration of strategy implementation as the central mediating variable in this relationship. There are direct implications for the nature of fit and contingen…
Union Rents as a Source of Takeover Gains among Target Shareholders
This paper tests the hypothesis that the substantial gains enjoyed by shareholders in target firms during the corporate acquisition boom of the 1980s reflected, in part, shareholders' recouping of the value of "rents" (in the form of wage premiums, higher fringe benefits, and constraints on managerial authority) held by unionized labor. Analyzing data on the merger and acquisition experience of nearly 300 large publicly traded target firms during…
Human Resource Management: An Economic Approach
1 An Economic Approach to Human Resource Management 2 The US Workforce 3 Productivity 4 Employee Appraisal and Reward 5 Alternative Pay Systems 6 Analysis of Pay Setting 7 The Compensation Decision 8 Making General Pay Adjustments 9 Making General Pay Adjustments 10 The Collective-Bargaining Relationship 11 Conflicts Between Employer and Employee Goals 12 The Employment Market 13 Training, Human Capital and Employment Stabilization 14 Economic Re…
The Effects of the NLRA on Stockholder Wealth in the 1930s
Whereas most recent research examining the effects of the NLRA on labor-management relations has focused on the impact of specific provisions of the law, this study provides an estimate of the impact of the passage of the NLRA on 75 firms that were at great risk of being unionized in the 1930s. Taking changes in shareholder wealth as a measure of the shift in the balance of power caused by the NLRA, the authors find that the passage of the NLRA c…
Unionization and Shareholder Interests
Drawing on agency theory, this study examines union-nonunion differences in the allocation of both firm profits and business risk to employees and shareholders. Using a sample of more than 1,000 large private sector firms, the authors find that over the period 1970-81 shareholders in unionized firms assumed less of the firm's business risk than shareholders in nonunion firms. This finding is interpreted as evidence that managers of unionized firm…
Concession Bargaining: The Impact on Shareholders' Equity
This analysis of bargaining settlements in 1982-83 shows that, on average, shareholders in those firms that negotiated concessionary settlements enjoyed an 8 to 10 percent increase in the value of their holdings. The author interprets this result to mean not that the value of the firm increased, but rather that concessions enlarged the shareholders' portion of the firm's value at the expense of the workers' portion. On the other hand, concession …
The Impact of Strikes on Shareholder Equity
From an analysis of data for 1962-82, the authors find that strikes substantially affect shareholder equity as measured by the change in stock prices associated with strikes. Over that period the average strike involving 1,000 or more workers resulted in a 4.1 percent drop in shareholder equity, representing a decline of $72-87 million in 1980 dollars. Costs varied widely across industries. The authors also find that capital markets are usually a…
The Youth Labor Market Problem: Its Nature, Causes, and Consequences
A proposed technique for the treatment of restriction of range of selected validation
A proposed technique for the treatment of restriction of range of selected validation
Sex Discrimination in the Promotion Process
Previous research has suggested that intra-occupational earnings differences are the principal source of the long-standing earnings gap between men and women. Following that line of research, this study examines the extent of gender differences in the incidence of and returns to promotions. Drawing on the Quality of Employment Panel, the authors compare the earnings and promotion experience of men and women over the period 1973-1977. After contro…
Sex Discrimination in the Promotion Process
Previous research has suggested that intra-occupational earnings differences are the principal source of the long-standing earnings gap between men and women. Following that line of research, this study examines the extent of gender differences in the incidence of and returns to promotions. Drawing on the Quality of Employment Panel, the authors compare the earnings and promotion experience of men and women over the period 1973-1977. After contro…
The Impact of Strikes on Shareholder Equity
From an analysis of data for 1962-82, the authors find that strikes substantially affect shareholder equity as measured by the change in stock prices associated with strikes. Over that period the average strike involving 1,000 or more workers resulted in a 4.1 percent drop in shareholder equity, representing a decline of $72-87 million in 1980 dollars. Costs varied widely across industries. The authors also find that capital markets are usually a…
Concession Bargaining: The Impact on Shareholders' Equity
This analysis of bargaining settlements in 1982-83 shows that, on average, shareholders in those firms that negotiated concessionary settlements enjoyed an 8 to 10 percent increase in the value of their holdings. The author interprets this result to mean not that the value of the firm increased, but rather that concessions enlarged the shareholders' portion of the firm's value at the expense of the workers' portion. On the other hand, concession …
Unionization and Shareholder Interests
Drawing on agency theory, this study examines union-nonunion differences in the allocation of both firm profits and business risk to employees and shareholders. Using a sample of more than 1,000 large private sector firms, the authors find that over the period 1970-81 shareholders in unionized firms assumed less of the firm's business risk than shareholders in nonunion firms. This finding is interpreted as evidence that managers of unionized firm…
SHRM and job design: Narrowing the divide
A proposed technique for the treatment of restriction of range of selected validation
A proposed technique for the treatment of restriction of range of selected validation
Sex Discrimination in the Promotion Process
Previous research has suggested that intra-occupational earnings differences are the principal source of the long-standing earnings gap between men and women. Following that line of research, this study examines the extent of gender differences in the incidence of and returns to promotions. Drawing on the Quality of Employment Panel, the authors compare the earnings and promotion experience of men and women over the period 1973-1977. After contro…
The Youth Labor Market Problem: Its Nature, Causes, and Consequences
The Impact of Strikes on Shareholder Equity
From an analysis of data for 1962-82, the authors find that strikes substantially affect shareholder equity as measured by the change in stock prices associated with strikes. Over that period the average strike involving 1,000 or more workers resulted in a 4.1 percent drop in shareholder equity, representing a decline of $72-87 million in 1980 dollars. Costs varied widely across industries. The authors also find that capital markets are usually a…
Concession Bargaining: The Impact on Shareholders' Equity
This analysis of bargaining settlements in 1982-83 shows that, on average, shareholders in those firms that negotiated concessionary settlements enjoyed an 8 to 10 percent increase in the value of their holdings. The author interprets this result to mean not that the value of the firm increased, but rather that concessions enlarged the shareholders' portion of the firm's value at the expense of the workers' portion. On the other hand, concession …
Unionization and Shareholder Interests
Drawing on agency theory, this study examines union-nonunion differences in the allocation of both firm profits and business risk to employees and shareholders. Using a sample of more than 1,000 large private sector firms, the authors find that over the period 1970-81 shareholders in unionized firms assumed less of the firm's business risk than shareholders in nonunion firms. This finding is interpreted as evidence that managers of unionized firm…
Human Resource Management: An Economic Approach
1 An Economic Approach to Human Resource Management 2 The US Workforce 3 Productivity 4 Employee Appraisal and Reward 5 Alternative Pay Systems 6 Analysis of Pay Setting 7 The Compensation Decision 8 Making General Pay Adjustments 9 Making General Pay Adjustments 10 The Collective-Bargaining Relationship 11 Conflicts Between Employer and Employee Goals 12 The Employment Market 13 Training, Human Capital and Employment Stabilization 14 Economic Re…
The Effects of the NLRA on Stockholder Wealth in the 1930s
Whereas most recent research examining the effects of the NLRA on labor-management relations has focused on the impact of specific provisions of the law, this study provides an estimate of the impact of the passage of the NLRA on 75 firms that were at great risk of being unionized in the 1930s. Taking changes in shareholder wealth as a measure of the shift in the balance of power caused by the NLRA, the authors find that the passage of the NLRA c…
Union Rents as a Source of Takeover Gains among Target Shareholders
This paper tests the hypothesis that the substantial gains enjoyed by shareholders in target firms during the corporate acquisition boom of the 1980s reflected, in part, shareholders' recouping of the value of "rents" (in the form of wage premiums, higher fringe benefits, and constraints on managerial authority) held by unionized labor. Analyzing data on the merger and acquisition experience of nearly 300 large publicly traded target firms during…
Strategic Human Resources Management: Where Do We Go From Here?
The authors identify the key challenges facing strategic human resource management (SHRM) going forward and discuss several new directions in both the scholarship and practice of SHRM. They focus on a clearer articulation of the “black box” between HR and firm performance, emphasizing the integration of strategy implementation as the central mediating variable in this relationship. There are direct implications for the nature of fit and contingen…
SHRM and job design: Narrowing the divide
Economics (10 works) · Business (9 works) · Corporate Finance and Governance (6 works) · Labour economics (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Corporate governance (5 works) · Finance (5 works) · Finance (5 works) · Shareholder (5 works) · Political science (4 works)