Does it pay to be productive? The case of age groups

Competitive Environmental Strategies: WHEN DOES IT PAY TO BE GREEN?

P rogressive corporations have invested in increasingly ambitious sustainability initiatives. While environmental investments are welcome by society, managers need to identify the circumstances favoring the generation of both public benefits and corporate profits. For some firms, better utilization of resources may pay-off as environmentrelated investments. For others, obtaining ISO 14001 certi...

Does it pay to be nice? Personality and earnings in the UK

This study uses data from the British Household Panel Study (BHPS) and employs all basic traits from the Five Factor Personality Inventory – openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism – to examine the relationship between individuals’ personality and wages in the UK. The results indicate a negative linear relationship between wages and agreeableness a...

"Does It Pay to Be Informed?" Expenditure Efficiency in the US Mutual Fund Industry

The mutual fund industry would like us to believe that fund expenses are justifiable by their extensive management expertise, security analysis and the consequent delivery of returns that exceed the market performance. Management know-how is costly and thus it drives up the expenditure of actively managed mutual funds and potentially lowers their net returns. Nevertheless the fund managers argu...

Does it pay to be a sexist? The relationship between modern sexism and career outcomes

In this study, we examined the consequences of harboring “modern sexist” beliefs on the career outcomes of both men and women. We argued that individuals endorsing these beliefs disproportionately rely on men (versus women) for work-related advice and, in turn, obtain more promotions than do their less sexist counterparts. Results obtained from a sample of 192 communication workers supported ou...

Does It Really Pay to Be Green?: An Empirical Study of Firm Environmental and Financial Performance