Martin Abraham, Matthias Collischon, Veronika Grimm, Frauke Kreuter, Klaus Moser, Cornelia Niessen, Claus Schnabel, Gesine Stephan, Mark Trappmann, Tobias Wolbring
Employment relationships are embedded in a network of social norms that provide an implicit framework for desired behaviour, especially if contractual solutions are weak. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about major changes that have led to situations, such as the scope of short-time work or home-based work in a firm. Against this backdrop, our study addresses three questions: first, are there social norms dealing with these changes; second, are there differences in attitudes between employees and supervisors (misalignment); and third, are there differences between respondents' average attitudes and the attitudes expected to exist in the population (pluralistic ignorance)...
2022: Journal for Labour Market Research