We study the determinants of biases in subjective performance evaluations in an MTurk experiment to test the … performance. We conduct 6 experimental treatments varying (i) whether workers' pay depends on the performance evaluation, (ii … detailed performance information their ratings vary to a stronger extent with observed performance. In contrast to the model …

We compare evaluations of employee performance by individuals and groups of supervisors, analyzing a formal model and …-rater evaluations if groups rationally aggregate their signals about employee performance. Our controlled laboratory experiment confirms … performance. …

We compare evaluations of employee performance by individuals and groups of supervisors, analyzing a formal model and …-rater evaluations if groups rationally aggregate their signals about employee performance. Our controlled laboratory experiment confirms … performance. …

We examine the benefits of objective performance measurement in a field experiment conducted in a retail bank. At the … outset objective performance measures of pro fits in each branch were only available on the branch level and managers … to individual performance measures. We find a significant positive impact of objective performance measurement on effort …

substantial negative impact on the probability that an employee's pay is performance contingent. …

mitigated by pay-for-performance incentives for managers who decide upon promotion. Second, we analyze matched employer … indeed substantially higher when managers receive performance-related pay or participate in gain sharing plans. …

-facilitating accounting information on the profit margins of individual products and (ii) whether they receive performance pay based on an …

We study the performance effects of payment schemes for freelancers offering services on an online platform in an RCT … formal model on labor supply and performance for individuals with different degrees of risk aversion and intrinsic motivation … performance for less intrinsically motivated workers. For more intrinsically motivated workers, however, we observe the opposite …

We study the performance effects of payment schemes for freelancers offering services on an online platform in an RCT … formal model on labor supply and performance for individuals with different degrees of risk aversion and intrinsic motivation … performance for less intrinsically motivated workers. For more intrinsically motivated workers, however, we observe the opposite …

substantial negative impact on the probability that an employee's pay is performance contingent. …