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More effort with less pay : on information avoidance, belief design and performance
Huck, Steffen; Szech, Nora; Wenner, Lukas M. - 2015 - June 2015, revised September 2015
In a tedious real effort task, subjects know that their piece rate is either low or ten times higher. When subjects are informed about their piece rate realization, they adapt their performance. One third of subjects nevertheless forego this instrumental information when given the choice - and...
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More effort with less pay : on information avoidance, optimistic beliefs, and performance
Huck, Steffen; Szech, Nora; Wenner, Lukas M. - 2017
Recent behavioral models argue in favor of avoidance of instrumental information. We explore the role of information avoidance in a real-effort setting. Our experiment offers three main results. First, we confirm that preferences for avoidance of instrumental information exist, studying...
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Dynamic reform of public institutions : a model of motivated agents and collective reputation
Valasek, Justin - 2016 - Revised October 2016
, when motivated agents value the collective reputation of their place of employment, steady-state equilibria with both high … and low aggregate motivation (reputation) in the mission-oriented sector exist. Reforming a low-motivation institution …, but positive for a low-reputation institution, a transition to a high-reputation steady state requires an initial wage …
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The motivational cost of inequality : pay gaps reduce the willingness to pursue rewards
Gesiarz, Filip; De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel; Sharot, Tali - 2019
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Mapping general practitioners' motivation : it is not all about the money
Yordanov, Dimitar; Oxholm, Anne Sophie; Gyrd-Hansen, Dorte - 2022
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Material incentive motivation and working memory performance of kindergartners : a large-scale randomized controlled trial
Warabud Suppalarkbunlue; Sartja Duangchaiyoosook; … - 2022
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The efficacy of tournaments for non-routine team tasks
Englmaier, Florian; Grimm, Stefan; Grothe, Dominik; … - 2023
Tournaments are often used to improve performance in innovation contexts. Tournaments provide monetary incentives but also render teams' identity and image concerns salient. We study the effects of tournaments on team performance in a non-routine task and identify the importance of these...
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Strategic use of unfriendly leadership and labor market competition : an experimental analysis
Danilov, Anastasia; Hong, Ju Yeong; Schöttner, Anja - 2024
A significant portion of the workforce experiences what we term 'unfriendly leadership,' encompassing various forms of hostile behavior exhibited by managers. The motivations driving managers to adopt such behaviors are insufficiently understood. To explore this phenomenon, we conducted a...
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Multitask agents and incentives : the case of teaching and research for university professors
De Philippis, Marta - 2015
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Relative performance contracts versus group contracts with hidden savings
Archawa Paweenawat - 2022
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