Bäker, A. and Goodall, A. (2020). Feline followers and “umbrella carriers”: Department Chairs’ influence on faculty job satisfaction and quit intentions Research Policy, 49(4):.
Agnes Bäker
University
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
E-mail
Research field
Human Resources and Organizational Behaviour
Interests
Health, Labor, Organizational Economics, Personnel Economics, Leadership
Website
Biography
Dr. Agnes Bäker is Associate Professor of Leadership at the department of Management and Organization at VU Amsterdam and Program Director of the bachelor program in International Business Administration. She holds a PhD in Business Economics from the Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen (2010). Agnes’ research focuses on leadership and careers in hospitals and higher education, with a focus on the role of human capital and social capital. Furthermore, she studies humor use at work, teamwork, and peer effects, as well as behavioral economics in general. Her research is mainly empirical, relying on both experimental and econometric design. Agnes has published in internationally renowned journals such as Research Policy, Journal of Vocational Behavior, British Journal of Industrial Relations, Journal of Economic Psychology, and Harvard Business Review. She is an Associate Editor at Human Resource Management (Wiley) .
Publications
Bäker, A. and Goodall, A. (2020). Feline followers and “umbrella carriers”: Department Chairs’ influence on faculty job satisfaction and quit intentions Research Policy, 49(4):.
Bäker, A. and Mechtel, M. (2019). The Impact of Peer Presence on Cheating Economic Inquiry, 57(2):792--812.
Bäker, A. (2015). Non-tenured post-doctoral researchers' job mobility and research output: An analysis of the role of research discipline, department size, and coauthors Research Policy, 44(3):634--650.
Bäker, A., Güth, W., Pull, K. and Stadler, M. (2014). Entitlement and the efficiency-equality trade-off: An experimental study Theory and Decision, 76(2):225--240.
Bäker, A. and Mertins, V. (2013). Risk-sorting and preference for team piece rates Journal of Economic Psychology, 34(1):285--300.