Jun.-Prof. Dr. Sabrina Jeworrek
Prof. Dr. Sabrina Jeworrek
2025
Peer-reviewed journal article
Inflation concerns and financial stress
Jeworrek, Sabrina; Tonzer, Lena
In: Economics letters - Amsterdam [u.a.] : Elsevier, Bd. 254 (2025), Artikel 112493, insges. 5 S.
2024
Peer-reviewed journal article
Are rural firms left behind? - firm location and perceived job attractiveness of high-skilled workers
Jeworrek, Sabrina; Brachert, Matthias
In: Cambridge journal of regions, economy and society - Oxford : Oxford Univ. Press, Bd. 17 (2024), Heft 1, S. 75-86
The chief human resource officer in the C-suite - peer prevalence and environmental uncertainty
Bendig, David; Haubner, Kathrin; Jeworrek, Sabrina; Hoke, Jonathan
In: International journal of human resource management - London [u.a.] : Taylor & Francis, Bd. 35 (2024), Heft 11, S. 1996-2028
Non-peer-reviewed journal article
Inflation concerns and green product consumption - evidence from a nationwide survey and a framed field experiment
Jeworrek, Sabrina; Tonzer, Lena
In: Halle (Saale), Germany: Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) - Member of the Leibniz Association, 2024, 1 Online-Ressource (III, 49 Seiten, 1,74 MB) - (IWH discussion papers; 2024, no. 10 (March 2024)) [Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 24-26]
2023
Peer-reviewed journal article
The effect of community managers on online idea crowdsourcing activities
Hornuf, Lars; Jeworrek, Sabrina
In: Journal of the Association for Information Systems - Atlanta, Ga. : Assoc. of Information Systems, Bd. 24 (2023), Heft 1, S. 222-248 [Gesehen am 18.09.2024]
Are rural firms left behind? - firm location and perceived job attractiveness of high-skilled workers
Jeworrek, Sabrina; Brachert, Matthias
In: Cambridge journal of regions, economy and society - Oxford : Oxford Univ. Press . - 2023, insges. 12 S. [Online first]
Competition and moral behavior - a meta-analysis of forty-five crowd-sourced experimental designs
Huber, Christoph; Dreber, Anna; Huber, Jürgen; Johannesson, Magnus; Kirchler, Michael; Weitzel, Utz; Abellán, Miguel; Adayeva, Xeniya; Ay, Fehime Ceren; Barron, Kai; Berry, Zachariah; Bönte, Werner; Brütt, Katharina; Bulutay, Muhammed; Campos-Mercade, Pol; Cardella, Eric; Claassen, Maria Almudena; Cornelissen, Gert; Dawson, Ian G. J.; Delnoij, Joyce; Demiral, Elif E.; Dimant, Eugen; Doerflinger, Johannes Theodor; Dold, Malte; Emery, Cécile; Fiala, Lenka; Fiedler, Susann; Freddi, Eleonora; Fries, Tilman; Gasiorowska, Agata; Glogowsky, Ulrich; Gorny, Paul M.; Gretton, Jeremy David; Grohmann, Antonia; Hafenbrädl, Sebastian; Handgraaf, Michel; Hanoch, Yaniv; Hart, Einav; Hennig, Max; Hudja, Stanton; Hütter, Mandy; Hyndman, Kyle; Ioannidis, Konstantinos; Isler, Ozan; Jeworrek, Sabrina; Jolles, Daniel; Juanchich, Marie; KC, Raghabendra Pratap; Khadjavi, Menusch; Kugler, Tamar; Li, Shuwen; Lucas, Brian; Mak, Vincent; Mechtel, Mario; Merkle, Christoph; Meyers, Ethan Andrew; Mollerstrom, Johanna; Nesterov, Alexander; Neyse, Levent; Nieken, Petra; Nussberger, Anne-Marie; Palumbo, Helena; Peters, Kim; Pirrone, Angelo; Qin, Xiangdong; Rahal, Rima-Maria; Rau, Holger; Rincke, Johannes; Ronzani, Piero; Roth, Yefim; Saral, Ali Seyhun; Schmitz, Jan; Schneider, Florian; Schram, Arthur; Schudy, Simeon; Schweitzer, Maurice E.; Schwieren, Christiane; Scopelliti, Irene; Sirota, Miroslav; Sonnemans, Joep; Soraperra, Ivan; Spantig, Lisa; Steimanis, Ivo; Steinmetz, Janina; Suetens, Sigrid; Theodoropoulou, Andriana; Urbig, Diemo; Vorlaufer, Tobias; Waibel, Joschka; Woods, Daniel; Yakobi, Ofir; Yilmaz, Onurcan; Zaleskiewicz, Tomasz; Zeisberger, Stefan; Holzmeister, Felix
In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - Washington, DC : National Acad. of Sciences, Bd. 120 (2023), Heft 23, S. 1-10, Artikel e2215572120, insges. 10 S. [Veröffentlicht: 30. Mai 2023]
Dissertation
Three essays on unethical behavior - the role of generalized reciprocity, discrimination and norms
Waibel, Joschka; Jeworrek, Sabrina; Sadrieh, Abdolkarim; Brosig-Koch, Jeannette
In: Magdeburg: Universitätsbibliothek, Dissertation Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaft 2023, 1 Online-Ressource (v, 108 Seiten (3 Aufsätze), 2,75 MB) [Literaturangaben]
Non-peer-reviewed journal article
Stadtfrust und Landlust? - über regionale Präferenzen von hochqualifizierten Individuen
Brachert, Matthias; Jeworrek, Sabrina
In: Wirtschaft im Wandel - Halle, S. : IWH, Bd. 29 (2023), Heft 2, S. 29-32
2021
Peer-reviewed journal article
The good news about bad news - information about past organizational failure and its impact on worker productivity
Jeworrek, Sabrina; Mertins, Vanessa; Vlassopoulos, Michael
In: The leadership quarterly - Amsterdam [u.a.] : Elsevier Science, Bd. 32 (2021), Heft 3, Artikel 101500
Gift-exchange in society and the social integration of refugees - evidence from a survey, a laboratory, and a field experiment
Jeworrek, Sabrina; Leisen, Bernd Josef; Mertins, Vanessa
In: Journal of economic behavior & organization - Amsterdam [u.a.] : Elsevier, Bd. 192 (2021), S. 482-499
Unethical employee behavior against coworkers following unkind management treatment - an experimental analysis
Jeworrek, Sabrina; Waibel, Joschka
In: Managerial and decision economics - Chichester [u.a.] : Wiley, Bd. 42 (2021), Heft 5, S. 1220-1234
Mission, motivation, and the active decision to work for a social cause
Jeworrek, Sabrina; Mertins, Vanessa
In: Nonprofit and voluntary sector quarterly - London [u.a.] : Sage Publ. . - 2021
2020
Peer-reviewed journal article
Measuring the indirect effects of adverse employer behaviour on worker productivity - a field experiment
Heinz, Matthias; Jeworrek, Sabrina; Mertins, Vanessa; Schumacher, Heiner; Sutter, Matthias
In: The economic journal - Oxford : Oxford University Press, Bd. 130 (2020), Heft 632, S. 2546-2568
2019
Peer-reviewed journal article
Wage delegation in the field
Jeworrek, Sabrina; Mertins, Vanessa
In: Journal of economics & management strategy - Boston, Mass. [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell, Bd. 28 (2019), Heft 4, S. 656-669
Gender stereotypes still in MIND - information on relative performance and competition entry
Jeworrek, Sabrina
In: Journal of behavioral and experimental economics - Amsterdam [u.a.] : Elsevier, Bd. 82 (2019), Artikel 101448
2018
Peer-reviewed journal article
Paid vacation use - the role of works councils
Goerke, Laszlo; Jeworrek, Sabrina
In: Economic and industrial democracy - London [u.a.] : Sage . - 2018
2016
Peer-reviewed journal article
When the meaning of work has disappeared - experimental evidence on employees' performance and emotions
Chadi, Adrian; Jeworrek, Sabrina; Mertins, Vanessa
In: Management science - Hanover, Md.: INFORMS, 1954 . - 2016
Current projects
NACHOS - Navigating the Chaos of Innovation and Transformation
Duration: 01.01.2025 to 31.12.2027
The graduate school "Navigating the Chaos of Innovation and Transformation" (NACHOS) at Otto von Guericke University investigates how innovations can be successful from a technical, economic and social perspective. The aim is to research and link social, cultural and economic factors in the introduction of innovations. A particular focus is on the active involvement of employees, customers and society in the innovation process.
NACHOS is a joint project of the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics and the Faculty of Human Sciences and pursues an integrated approach. It uses perspectives and methods from the humanities and economics to specifically examine the social and cultural factors of innovation and their interaction with economic or technical aspects.
The guiding question is how an innovation can be technically, economically and socially successful and how these three dimensions relate to each other in order to ultimately improve the conditions for the success, adaptation and dissemination of innovations. Methodological approaches from the economic and human sciences are combined for this purpose.
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Completed projects
Algorithms, News Consumption, and Belief in Fake News
Duration: 01.11.2022 to 30.04.2024
Social media in particular has facilitated the spread of fake news. These can not only affect vaccination programs, but also influence election results or even jeopardize social cohesion. While increased surveillance measures to curb the spread of fake news are certainly an important element, it seems impossible to stop it completely. Therefore, the strategy to combat fake news needs a second pillar that should focus on those who consume (fake) news. In this project, we want to experimentally investigate how algorithms can positively influence the individual news consumption of German daily newspapers and magazines and whether this reduces the belief in fake news. The newly passed Digitalization Act obliges platforms to inform users about how content is recommended to them and to offer at least one option that is not based on individual recommendation algorithms. In a second step, we therefore also want to investigate how transparency affects people's behavior.
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Sustainable consumption: Experimental evidence on the role of financial restrictions, pricing information, and social norms
Duration: 01.10.2022 to 31.03.2024
Extreme weather events are not only occurring with increasing frequency worldwide, they are also heightening awareness of the consequences of climate change. While there is widespread agreement on the need to combat climate change, political programs and society are more divided on how this should be done. Proposals such as banning diesel engines from cities or introducing vegetarian food in schools usually lead to protests, as such regulations restrict the freedom of the individual immensely. But can the climate targets be achieved if sustainable action is in the hands of each individual? In this project, the role of social norms and financial restrictions will be examined as part of a field experiment. We focus on the consumption of (organically produced) food, as this is probably where routines have developed the most and we want to investigate whether such routines can be influenced towards more sustainable behavior.
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Employer behavior and employee morale
Duration: 01.10.2016 to 30.09.2019
At first glance, redundancies are advantageous from an entrepreneurial perspective: redundancies reduce personnel costs and increase flexibility within the company. However, psychological research also draws attention to the potential costs of redundancies, which can be caused in particular by a drop in morale among the employees remaining in the company (the so-called survivor syndrome). Although employees who have experienced redundancies in their company report, for example, lower loyalty to the company or higher absenteeism, these surveys lack a suitable control group to identify causal effects. A field experiment with over 200 temporary workers has now closed this research gap and shows that employees' motivation to work is significantly affected by the dismissal of colleagues. Further experiments will now investigate whether less serious violations of social norms also have such an impact on employee morale and whether the group membership of the persons affected by the norm violation (ingroup vs. outgroup) plays a role in this.
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Effects of (perceived) importance and meaningfulness of work
Duration: 01.10.2016 to 30.09.2019
This research project focuses on the investigation of meaningful activities. Employees appear to be highly motivated by the importance and meaningfulness they attach to their work tasks. However, it is still unclear to what extent this relationship can be regarded as causal: does a meaningful task in itself motivate employees to perform better or do more productive employees tend to be selected for such jobs? In the context of a current field experiment with almost 270 temporary workers, the evidence clearly points to a selection effect, although it appears to be a specific aspect of self-selection, namely the active and conscious decision in favor of a meaningful activity, which presumably obliges employees to make a particularly high effort. In the future, it will be investigated whether employees not only feel particularly committed to the current project as a result of such a decision, but whether future projects are also affected by the change in individual social preferences. It will also be investigated to what extent the work motivation of employees who perceive their work as having little meaning can be promoted. In such cases, can monetary incentives compensate for the lack of work motivation or is it rather necessary to use other non-monetary mechanisms such as employee participation in the workplace? These and other questions will be answered primarily by conducting laboratory and field experiments.
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