TY - JOUR A1 - Schermuly, Carsten C. A1 - Büsch, Victoria A1 - Graßmann, Carolin T1 - Psychological empowerment, psychological and physical strain and the desired retirement age JF - Personnel Review N2 - This paper shows that psychological and physical strain mediates the relationship between psychological empowerment and the desired retirement age (DRA), and German employees' age, net income and organizational size is found to significantly affect the DRA. KW - Psychological empowerment KW - Ageing workforce KW - Desired retirement age KW - Pre-retirement job factors KW - Psychological strain Y1 - 2017 N1 - Volltext aus urheberrechtlichen Gründen nicht verfügbar. Full text due to copyright not available. VL - 46 IS - 5 SP - 950 EP - 969 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Graßmann, Carolin A1 - Schermuly, Carsten C. T1 - The Antecedents and Consequences of Side Effects for Coaches JF - Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings N2 - Coaches often experience negative side effects in their work as a coach, but little is known what determines these effects and how they impact coaches' health and well-being. This study examines the antecedents and consequences of side effects for coaches in an international sample of 275 coaches in a time-lagged design. Results from structural equation modeling indicated that the number of side effects for coaches is associated with the relationship quality between coach and client. The number of side effects for clients, as well as clients’ low goal attainment, decreased coaches’ perceived competence and thereby increased the number of side effects for coaches. Coaches who experienced more side effects in coaching perceived more stress and impaired sleep eight weeks later. Findings support the importance of self-care in coaching and suggest opportunities to prevent side effects of coaching for coaches. KW - Coaching KW - Negative effects KW - side effects Y1 - 2017 N1 - Volltext aus urheberrechtlichen Gründen nicht verfügbar. Full text due to copyright not available. IS - 1 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Voigt, Stefan A1 - Wulf, Alexander J. T1 - What Makes Prosecutors Independent? - Analyzing the Determinants of the Independence of Prosecutors JF - Journal of Institutional Economics N2 - The prosecution of criminal suspects is an integral part of a country's justice system. While substantial scholarly attention has been devoted to the study of the police and judges and their relevance to the rule of law, surprisingly little is known about prosecutors. The aim of this paper is to contribute towards filling this knowledge gap. We first demonstrate the rising importance of prosecutors for criminal justice systems around the world. We identify the independence of prosecution agencies from the other two branches of government as a centrally important characteristic and then proceed to analyze the determinants of de facto prosecutorial independence from a political economy perspective. We find that press freedom, the immunity of parliamentarians and belonging to the common law tradition are positively associated with higher de facto independence. KW - Public prosecution KW - economics of crime KW - criminal justice systems Y1 - 2017 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0298-opus4-11402 SP - 1 EP - 30 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - López González, Lisbet Mailin A1 - Pereda Reyes, Illeana A1 - Romero, Osvaldo T1 - Anaerobic co-digestion of sugarcane press mud with vinasse on methane yield JF - Waste Management N2 - The conversion efficiency of high solids waste digestion as sugarcane press mud (P) may be limited due to hydrolysis step. The option of co-digestion with vinasse, main liquid waste generated from ethanol production, was investigated under batch regime at mesophilic conditions (37.5 ± 1 °C) and the best mixture was evaluated under semicontinuous regime in stirred-tank reactors. The maximum values for methane yield in batch tests were for V75/P25 and V50/P50 mixtures (on basis of the chemical oxygen demand (COD) percentage added in the mixture), with an average value of 246 N mL CH4 g−1 CODfed, which was 13% higher than that of press mud alone. A highest methane production rate of 69.6 N mL CH4 g−1 CODfed−1 d−1 was obtained for the mixtureV75/P25. During the experiment carried out in CSTR reactors, the organic loading rate (OLR) was increased from 0.5 up to 2.2 g VS L−1 d−1. Methane yields of 365 L CH4 kg−1 VS and biogas productivities of 1.6 L L−1 were obtained in co-digestion, which was 64% higher in comparison to mono-digestion. The performance of the process in mono-digestion was less stable than in co-digestion, with a significant fall of methane yield to 1.8 kg VS m−3 d−1, and a partial inhibition of the methanogenic archaeas when the OLR was increased up to 2.2 kg VS m−3 d−1. The co-digestion of vinasse with press mud is a good option for the treatment of streams at the alcohol-sugar industry. KW - Press mud KW - Filter cake KW - Vinasse Y1 - 2017 N1 - Online: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318540325_Anaerobic_co-digestion_of_sugarcane_press_mud_with_vinasse_on_methane_yield VL - 68 SP - 139 EP - 145 PB - Elsvier ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Scheel, Tabea A1 - Gockel, Christine T1 - Humor at Work in Teams, Leadership, Negotiations, Learning and Health N2 - This book provides a comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art on the adaptive and maladaptive functions of humor. Humor is inescapable in our daily interactions - also at the work place. Affiliative, self-enhancing, self-deprecating and aggressive humor can all occur at work and have unique and sometimes ambiguous effects. The volume presents humor research on five important workplace topics: teams, leadership, negotiation, learning, and health. It combines and integrates research from a range of fields, including work and organizational psychology, social psychology, communication, linguistics and sociology. In highlighting research gaps and stating future research questions, the book provides a sufficient starting point for further research on humor in relation to the aforementioned topics. For practitioners, recommendations are provided specific to each area. KW - Arbeitspsychologie KW - Organisationspsychologie KW - Personalpsychologie KW - Occupational psychology KW - Organisational psychology Y1 - 2017 SN - 978-3-319-65689-2 N1 - Verfügbar als E-Book im Netz der SRH Berlin University of Applied Sciences. Available as an ebook within the network of the SRH Berlin University of Applied Sciences. PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bünte, Claudia A1 - Stürze, Sascha A1 - Vogler, Oliver T1 - I am not a brand, I am a wholesaler BT - the forgotten role of brand in B2B supply chains JF - Journal of Brand Strategy N2 - The importance of a trusted brand seems to be underestimated by mid-tier players in business-to-business (B2B) supply chains. This paper analyses the role of branding for distributors in the context of a dynamic, competitive and disruptive market ie the lighting industry, as well as exploring the effects of changes in the behaviour and expectations of installers and contractors as the important customer group of electrical wholesalers. Interestingly, there is a dearth of research and data on the subjects of our research. We carried out personal interviews among 141 representatives of wholesalers and distributors and surveyed more than 2,000 electrical installers and contractors across five markets. We used a combination of correspondence and cluster analyses to evaluate the results of our survey and identified five distinct segments of electrical installers across the five countries. Our primary research reveals that price pressure is not the only major challenge facing wholesalers in the future. Adding real customer value through product and service innovations, adopting a customer-centric approach, and managing the transition to digital business are also important concerns. In light of these insights, developing and sustaining an appropriate brand proposition — one that includes knowing and catering to specific installer segments — seems important for electrical wholesalers. In this paper, the authors explain the four most important elements for a strong brand: a deep understanding of the customer, a strong value proposition based on the customer's needs, perfect execution of all customer touch points, and a performance management system that includes brand as a KPI. KW - B2B KW - Electrical wholesale KW - Business-to-business KW - Brand strategy KW - Brand positioning Y1 - 2017 N1 - Volltext aus urheberrechtlichen Gründen nicht verfügbar. Full text due to copyright not available. VL - 6 IS - 1 SP - 26 EP - 36 ER -