Katja Rost

University of Zurich - Institute for Organization and Administrative Science

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CH-8032 Zurich

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Crowding-Out of Intrinsic Motivation - Opening the Black Box

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 20 Jan 2007
Antoinette Weibel, Katja Rost and Margit Osterloh
University of Zurich - Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Information Technology, University of Zurich - Institute for Organization and Administrative Science and University of Basel
Downloads 1,687 (14,859)
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motivation, pay for performance, crowding-out, price effect, meta-analysis, vignette study

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Management Fashion Pay-for-Performance

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 11 Nov 2007
Katja Rost and Margit Osterloh
University of Zurich - Institute for Organization and Administrative Science and University of Basel
Downloads 1,568 (16,600)
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Pay-for-Performance, Management fashion, Crowding-out

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Management Fashion Pay-for-Performance for CEOs

Schmalenbach Business Review, Vol. 61, pp. 119-149, April 2009
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 19 May 2009
Katja Rost and Margit Osterloh
University of Zurich - Institute for Organization and Administrative Science and University of Basel
Downloads 1,010 (31,773)

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CEO Compensation, Corporate Governance, Crowding Out, Management Fashion, Pay-for-Performance

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Do Synergies Exist in Related Acquisitions? A Meta-Analysis of Acquisition Studies

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 22 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 24 Jan 2009
Fabian Homberg, Katja Rost and Margit Osterloh
University of Zurich - Institute for Organization and Administrative Science, University of Zurich - Institute for Organization and Administrative Science and University of Basel
Downloads 636 (59,345)
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M&A, acquisitions, synergies, meta-analysis, managerialism, hubris

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The Corporate Governance of Benedictine Abbeys: What can Stock Corporations Learn from Monasteries?

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 25 May 2008
Katja Rost, Emil Inauen, Margit Osterloh and Bruno S. Frey
University of Zurich - Institute for Organization and Administrative Science, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Basel and CREMA
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Corporate Governance, Principal-Agency-Theory, Psychological Economics, Monasteries, Benedictine Order

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You Pay a Fee for Strong Beliefs: Homogeneity as a Driver of Corporate Governance Failure

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 23 Nov 2008 Last Revised: 27 Nov 2008
Katja Rost and Margit Osterloh
University of Zurich - Institute for Organization and Administrative Science and University of Basel
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Financial crisis, Board diversity, psychological economics, forecasting predictions, gender, expert knowledge, uncertainty

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Do Rankings Reflect Research Quality?

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Do Rankings Reflect Research Quality?

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2443
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 31 Oct 2008
Bruno S. Frey and Katja Rost
CREMA and University of Zurich - Institute for Organization and Administrative Science
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rankings, universities, scholars, publications, citations

Do Rankings Reflect Research Quality?

Univ. of Zurich Institute for Empirical Research in Economics Working Paper No. 390
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 08 Oct 2008
Bruno S. Frey and Katja Rost
CREMA and University of Zurich - Institute for Organization and Administrative Science
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Rankings, Universities, Scholars, Publications, Citations

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Good Organizational Design for Bad Motivational Dispositions?

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 14 Oct 2007
Katja Rost, Antoinette Weibel and Margit Osterloh
University of Zurich - Institute for Organization and Administrative Science, University of Zurich - Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Information Technology and University of Basel
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Volunteering, intrinsic motivation, organizational design

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CEO Appointments and the Loss of Firm-Specific Knowledge - Putting Integrity Back into Hiring Decisions

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 25 May 2008
Katja Rost, Sören Salomo and Margit Osterloh
University of Zurich - Institute for Organization and Administrative Science, Danish Technical University and University of Basel
Downloads 298 (143,735)
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CEO Appointments, external hires, suboptimal contracts

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Media, Limited Attention and the Propensity of Individuals to Buy Stocks

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 16 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 09 Sep 2009
Leif Brandes and Katja Rost
University of Lucerne and University of Zurich - Institute for Organization and Administrative Science
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media, investor behavior, limited attention, selection model

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Determinants of Directors' Pay in Switzerland: 'Optimal-Contract' versus 'Fat Cat' Explanation

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 14 Oct 2007
Katja Rost and Margit Osterloh
University of Zurich - Institute for Organization and Administrative Science and University of Basel
Downloads 277 (154,879)
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executive compensation, optimal contracts, suboptimal contracts, market power

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Back to the Future - A Monastic Perspective on Corporate Governance

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 16 Jul 2009
Emil Inauen, Katja Rost, Margit Osterloh and Bruno S. Frey
University of Zurich - Institute for Organization and Administrative Science, University of Zurich - Institute for Organization and Administrative Science, University of Basel and CREMA
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Corporate Governance, Financial Crisis, Psychological Economics, Monasteries, Principal Agency Theory, Benedictine Order

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Promotors or Champions? Pros and Cons of Role Specialisation for Economic Process

Schmalenbach Business Review, Vol. 59, October 2007
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 14 Nov 2007
Katja Rost, Katharina Hölzle and Hans Georg Gemünden
University of Zurich - Institute for Organization and Administrative Science, Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin) and Technical University of Berlin
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Champions, Promotors

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Ausgestaltung und Erfolg von Strategieworkshops: Eine empirische Analyse (Forms and Success of Strategy Workshops: An Empirical Study)

University of Zurich, Institute of Business Administration, UZH Business Working Paper No. 311
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 18 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 13 May 2013
Dominik van Aaken, Clemens Koob, Katja Rost and David Seidl
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), zehnvier research & strategy, University of Zurich - Institute for Organization and Administrative Science and University of Zurich - Department of Business Administration (IBW)
Downloads 242 (177,066)

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Strategieworkshops, Strategieentwicklung, Strategieumsetzung, Strategieprozess, Strategy as Practice

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The Rise in Executive Compensation - Consequence of a ‛War for Talents‛?

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 06 Jul 2010
Katja Rost
University of Zurich - Institute for Organization and Administrative Science
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Executive compensation, efficient labor market view, transferable skills, outside options

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Does Economics and Business Education Wash Away Moral Judgment Competence?

Journal of Business Ethics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 1 Posted: 08 May 2016
Katrin Hummel, Dieter Pfaff and Katja Rost
WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, University of Zurich and University of Zurich - Institute for Organization and Administrative Science
Downloads 135 (293,686)
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Economics and Business Education, Moral Judgment Competence, Moral Reasoning, Self-Selection Effect, Treatment Effect

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CEO Pay and Appointments: Putting Integrity Back into Hiring Decisions

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 14 Oct 2007
Katja Rost
University of Zurich - Institute for Organization and Administrative Science
Downloads 125 (311,184)
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CEO Appointments, external hires, suboptimal contracts

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Quantitative and Qualitative Rankings of Scholars

Schmalenbach Business Review, Vol. 63, pp. 63-91, January 2011
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 05 Jul 2011
Katja Rost and Bruno S. Frey
University of Zurich - Institute for Organization and Administrative Science and CREMA
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evaluations, rankings, research quality, scholars, universities

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Opening the Black Box of Upper Echelons: Drivers of Poor Information Processing During the Financial Crisis

Corporate Governance: An International Review, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 212-233, May 2010
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 07 Jun 2010
Katja Rost and Margit Osterloh
University of Zurich - Institute for Organization and Administrative Science and University of Basel
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Ownership, Visibility and Effort: Golf Handicaps as Proxies for Managers' Extra Effort

Kyklos, Vol. 68, Issue 2, pp. 255-274, 2015
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 07 Apr 2015
Constantin Schön, Thomas Ehrmann and Katja Rost
University of Zurich, University of Muenster and University of Zurich - Institute for Organization and Administrative Science
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CEO Pay from a Social Norm Perspective: The Infringement and Reestablishment of Fairness Norms

Corporate Governance: An International Review, Vol. 21, Issue 4, pp. 351-372, 2013
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 08 Jun 2013
Katja Rost and Antoinette Weibel
University of Zurich - Institute for Organization and Administrative Science and University of St. Gallen
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Corporate Governance, CEO Pay, Social Norms, Norm Infringement, Fairness

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Do Rankings Reflect Research Quality?

Journal of Applied Economics. Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 1-38, May 2010
Posted: 12 Jun 2010
Bruno S. Frey and Katja Rost
CREMA and University of Zurich - Institute for Organization and Administrative Science

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rankings, evaluations, universities, scholars, research quality

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Pay for Performance in the Public Sector-Benefits and (Hidden) Costs

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Vol. 20, Issue 2, pp. 387-412, 2010
Posted: 26 Apr 2010
Antoinette A. Weibel, Katja Rost and Margit Osterloh
University of Liechtenstein, University of Zurich - Institute for Organization and Administrative Science and University of Basel

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Why are Some Independent Inventors 'Heroes' and Others 'Hobbyists'? The Moderating Role of Technological Diversity and Specialization

Research Policy, Vol. 38, No. 2, 2009
Posted: 18 May 2009
Christopher Lettl, Katja Rost and Iwan von Wartburg
Aarhus University - Department of Marketing and Statistics, University of Zurich - Institute for Organization and Administrative Science and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Independent inventor, Technological progress, Specialization, Diversity