The Performance Effects of Individual and Group Incentives: A Case Study
We study a warehouse that changes its incentive plan from a group plan to an individual plan. We focus on the impact that the change had on productivity, allocation of time to different tasks, and helping across departments. Utilizing time series methods we find that average productivity increased about 15 % but that individuals reacted heterogeneously to the change. The change also affected the organization of helping across departments and the allocation of time to various tasks. In addition to the econometrics analysis we provide a description of the process of changing the incentive plan and discuss the cost effectiveness of the change of the plan.
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2013
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Authors: | Kato, Takao ; Kauhanen, Antti ; Kujansuu, Essi |
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Helsinki : The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA) |
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freely available
Series: | ETLA Working Papers ; 19 |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Type of publication (narrower categories): | Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Other identifiers: | hdl:10419/201234 [Handle] RePEc:rif:wpaper:19 [RePEc] |
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Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012037572
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