Using a lab experiment, we investigate how internal transparency affects the tendency of employees to initiate collusive efforts with colleagues from other departments in an organization. Building on behavioral economics theory, we argue that employees who are treated unkindly by their managers...

We experimentally examine whether ranking employees on a social dimension can help them learn something about their self-concept and can foster better ethical decisions afterwards. We examine this question in the context of popular employee-giving programs, whereby proponents argue that such...

Good relationships between middle-level managers and employees are critical to many companies because they can enhance cooperation and motivate effort from all parties. In this paper, we experimentally examine how organizational interventions from the top of company to motivate employees via...

Principals make decisions on various issues, ranging from contract design to control system implementation. Few studies examine the principal’s active role in these decisions. We experimentally investigate this role by studying how a principal’s choice for a truth-telling incentive contract,...

Developing novel silicon quantum dots (Si-QDs) on conventional CMOS process is one of the most important technologies in Si quantum computing to realize multi-bit integration with a large scale. In this paper, an analysis model based on master equation and realized by Python code is established...

This study experimentally examines whether task-specific experience acquired by managers influences their reliance on performance-based contracts to motivate employees in a setting in which the employee’s task can spark intrinsic motivation. Building on experiential learning theory, we predict...

Finance executives often do not pursue innovations in management accounting that can improve long term profits because these innovations can lead to increases in short term tax liabilities. To focus finance executives on pursuing innovations, common wisdom would suggest shielding their...

We conduct a laboratory experiment to examine whether the provision of detailed relative performance information (i.e., information about the specific performance levels of peers) affects employee performance. We also investigate how – if at all – explicit ranking of performance levels...

Prior research has shown that managers tend to compress ratings when subjectively evaluating employees and that such compression can have negative organizational consequences. We reason that organizations can use the design of their control system to influence the personal costs and benefits...