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Choosing your object of benevolence: a field experiment on donation options
Aretz, Bodo; Kube, Sebastian - 2010
In a large natural field experiment, we explore the effect of providing donors with the opportunity to choose the target country for their donations. We find that only a small fraction of donors use the option, which might reflect a reluctance to consider tradeoffs when those concern important,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010300008
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On the construction of social preferences in lab experiments
Borgloh, Sarah; Dannenberg, Astrid; Aretz, Bodo - 2010
This paper studies the construction of social preferences in the lab. Experimental subjects have the opportunity to donate to a charity and to allocate money in a conventional dictator game. The results show that charitable donations and dictator game allocations are positively correlated. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010303003
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Social norms and market behavior: Evidence from a large population sample
Riehm, Tobias; Fugger, Nicolas; Gillen, Philippe; … - 2021
We test the importance of social norms for market interactions associated with negative real-world externalities in a large-scale experiment with a heterogeneous population sample from Germany. The majority of experimental participants refuses to trade, thus behaving in a moral way. Our data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012435798
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Choosing your object of benevolence: a field experiment on donation options
Aretz, Bodo; Kube, Sebastian - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010
In a large natural field experiment, we explore the effect of providing donors with the opportunity to choose the target country for their donations. We find that only a small fraction of donors use the option, which might reflect a reluctance to consider tradeoffs when those concern important,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008536042
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On the construction of social preferences in lab experiments
Borgloh, Sarah; Dannenberg, Astrid; Aretz, Bodo - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010
This paper studies the construction of social preferences in the lab. Experimental subjects have the opportunity to donate to a charity and to allocate money in a conventional dictator game. The results show that charitable donations and dictator game allocations are positively correlated. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008756432
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Willingness to volunteer among remote workers is insensitive to the team size
Hillenbrand, Adrian; Werner, Tobias; Winter, Fabian - 2022
Volunteering is a widespread allocation mechanism in the workplace. It emerges naturally in software development or the … on volunteering in an online labor market. In contrast to our theoretical predictions and previous research, we find no … effect of team size on volunteering although workers react to free riding incentives. We replicate the results and provide …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013412971
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Workers into Managers: Developing Leadership Competence of Production Unit Managers
Rappe, Christoph; Zwick, Thomas - 2005
This study analyses the competence gaps of lower-level managers in a typical manufacturing plant in Germany that had recently introduced a teamwork structure. Results indicate that the managers have difficulties with their new leadership-related tasks. Higher levels of leadership competence are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297422
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Integrating young male refugees: Initial evidence from an inclusive soccer project
Lange, Martin; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; van den Berg, Gerard J. - 2017
The study analyses data collected among a group of young male refugees who participated in a randomized experiment. Refugees were randomly assigned to a soccer project, which aimed at facilitating labour market integration, or to a control group. We evaluate the randomization process, we discuss...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011623726
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A field experiment in motivating employee ideas
Gibbs, Michael; Neckermann, Susanne; Siemroth, Christoph - 2014
We study the effects of a field experiment designed to motivate employee ideas, at a large technology company. Employees were encouraged to submit ideas on process and product improvements via an online system. In the experiment, the company randomized 19 account teams into treatment and control...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010427005
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Workers into Managers: Developing Leadership Competence of Production Unit Managers
Rappe, Christoph; Zwick, Thomas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2005
This study analyses the competence gaps of lower-level managers in a typical manufacturing plant in Germany that had recently introduced a teamwork structure. Results indicate that the managers have difficulties with their new leadership-related tasks. Higher levels of leadership competence are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097627