this paper, however, we demonstrate that this may not hold in team settings. In the context of sequential team production … and report on two experiments that provide supportive evidence. -- incentives ; incentive reversal ; team production …

provision are remarkably accurate. We also present experimental findings from three classic experiments, namely, team production …

We conduct a field experiment in a Dutch retail chain of 122 stores to study the interaction between team incentives …, team social cohesion, and team performance. Theory predicts that the effect of team incentives on team performance … increases with the team's social cohesion, because social cohesion reduces free-riding behavior. In addition, team incentives …

We study how help can be fostered by means of a team bonus in the presence of rank-order tournaments. In a simple model … we combine elements of relative rewards and a team bonus and study their effect on effort, help and sabotage. Quite … intuitively the theoretical analysis suggests that team members help less as relative rewards increase. This problem is mitigated …