Showing 1 - 10 of 994
crowding out. Our findings suggest that rewards can improve innovation and creativity, and that there may be a tradeoff between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013055234
this incentive mechanism is reinvigorated after a management change – but only when the team is sufficiently homogenous …. Indeed, we find substantial evidence that coach replacements enhance team performance (only) in homogenous teams. Moreover …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099677
We test the effectiveness of team incentives by running a natural field experiment in a retail chain of 193 shops and 1 … performance and relies on flexible task allocation among employees. On average, the team bonus increases sales and customer visits …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016180
The performance of a work team commonly depends on the effort exerted by the team members as well as on the division of … tasks among them. However, when leaders assign tasks to team members, performance is usually not the only consideration …. Favouritism, employees' seniority, employees' preferences over tasks, and fairness considerations often play a role as well. Team …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012930959
We survey the recent, fast-growing literature on peer effects in networks. An important recurring theme is that the causal identification of peer effects depends on the structure of the network itself. In the absence of correlated effects, the reflection problem is generally solved by network...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012842040
We study both endogenous and exogenous peer effects in worker productivity using an explicit network approach. We apply this method to data from an in-house call center of a multinational mobile network operator that include detailed information on individual performance. We find that a 10%...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014083810
This examination of the role and potential for replication in economics points out the paucity of both pure replication - checking on others' published papers using their data - and scientific replication - using data representing different populations in one's own work or in a Comment. Several...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777028
on educational achievements. In particular, based on recent PISA data sets from the UK and Germany, we investigate … Germany who lose ground on other groups …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013159513
. We study this question in the context of Germany, by asking whether the propensity of immigrant youth to cooperate with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013225546
High rewards or the threat of severe punishment do not only provide incentives to exert high levels of effort but also create pressure. Such pressure can cause paradoxical performance effects, namely performance decrements despite strong incentives and high motivation. By analyzing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318055