Principles of Microeconomics (GA Southern)

This Grants Collection for Principles of Microeconomics was created under a Round Eight ALG Textbook Transformation Grant. Affordable Learning Georgia Grants Collections are intended to provide faculty with the frameworks to quickly implement or revise the same materials as a Textbook Transformation Grants team, along with the aims and lessons learned from project teams during the implementation process. Documents are in .pdf format, with a separate .docx (Word) version available for download. Each collection contains the following materials: Linked Syllabus Initial Proposal Final Reporthttps://oer.galileo.usg.edu/business-collections/1006/thumbnail.jp

Attitudes and Performance: An Analysis of Russian Workers

This paper investigates the relationship between locus of control and performance among Russian employees, using survey data collected at 28 workplaces in 2002 in Taganrog and at 47 workplaces in 2003 in Ekaterinburg. We develop a measure that allows us to categorize the Russian employees participating in our survey as exhibiting an internal or external locus of control. We then assess the extent to which there are significant differences between “internals” and “externals” in work-related attitudes that may affect performance. In particular, we focus on (1) attitudes about outcomes associated with hard work, (2) level of job satisfaction, (3) expectation of receiving a desired reward, and (4) loyalty to and involvement with one’s organization. In each case we identify where gender and generational differences emerge. Our main objective is to determine whether Russian employees who exhibit an internal locus of control perform better than employees with an external locus of control. Our performance measures include earnings, expected promotions, and assessments of the quantity and quality of work in comparison to others at the same organization doing a similar job. Controlling for a variety of worker characteristics, we find that (1) individuals who exhibit an internal locus of control perform better, but this result is not always statistically significant; (2) even among “internals,” women earn significantly less than men and have a much lower expectation of promotion; (3) even among “internals,” experience with unemployment has a negative influence on performance.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/40144/3/wp758.pd

Book Review of Gender, Work and Wages in the Soviet Union: A Legacy of Discrimination by Katarina Katz

This book review was published in Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Online Problem Sets

Georgia Southern University faculty member Constantin G. Ogloblin authored Online Problem Sets in International Economics by Robert C. Feenstra and Alan M. Taylor

Online Problem Sets

Georgia Southern University faculty member Constantin G. Ogloblin authored Online Problem Sets in International Economics by Robert C. Feenstra and Alan M. Taylor

Test Banks

Georgia Southern University faculty member Constantin G. Ogloblin authored Test Banks in Economics by Michael Parkin

Test Banks

Georgia Southern University faculty member Constantin G. Ogloblin authored Test Banks in Foundations of Microeconomics by Robin Bade and Michael Parkin

Test Banks

Georgia Southern University faculty member Constantin G. Ogloblin authored Test Banks in Economics by Michael Parkin

The Sectoral Distribution of Employment and Job Segregation by Gender in Russia

The gender patterns of industrial, occupational, and firm-type distribution of employment in Russia 2000-02 are examined using a nationally representative household survey. After a decade of reforms, the degree of gender job segregation remains high. Women gravitate to lower paid industries and occupations, while men concentrate in more highly paid sectors of the economy. The attitudes and stereotypes resulting from the patriarchal social and cultural legacy play an important role in determining the patterns of gender job segregation by influencing both employers’ preferences and workers’ choices

Test Banks

Georgia Southern University faculty member Constantin G. Ogloblin authored Test Banks in Economics by Michael Parkin