Merkel Steffen
The Effect of Individual Uncertainty on the Specificity of Human Capital:
Empirical Evidence from Professional Soccer
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This study uses the case of professional soccer to investigate the determinants of human capital (HC)specificity. Inspired by labor market research, we formulate three hypotheses on how uncertainty about the usefulness of individuals’ (mo...
Optimistic and Positivity Biases in Employee Ratings:
Empirical Evidence from Professional Soccer
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This study uses a real case from professional soccer to examine intertemporal ratingerrors in performance appraisals. Motivated by research that extends the (prospective) optimistic bias and (retrospective) positivity bias to others, we for...