We conduct a laboratory experiment to study how locus of control operates through people's preferences and beliefs to … link locus of control to decision-making: (i) preference for agency; (ii) optimism and (iii) confidence regarding the … return to effort; and (iv) illusion of control. Knowing the return and cost of stated effort, principals either retain or …

compensation scheme unilaterally or another in which the manager cedes control over compensation to the workers who vote to …

BoS, with high and low payoff inequality. In PD, disclosure markedly hampers cooperation, as higher intelligence players …

literature on tournaments within firms, which shows that competitive compensation schemes reduce cooperation in the short-run, we …

analyze LLM responses to different payoff stakes and the influence of stake order on cooperation rates. LLMs demonstrate …

equilibrium strategy. Exclusion has a positive impact on cooperation when it is followed by a quick rather than a slow … retaliation. Post-exclusion cooperation and forgiveness depend not only on the length of exclusion but also on the perceived …

Existing research supports two opposing mechanisms through which positive mood might affect cooperation. Some studies … have suggested that positive mood produces more altruistic, open and helpful behavior, fostering cooperation. However … reduced use of information, hampering cooperation. We find evidence that suggests the second hypothesis dominates when playing …