In a large German bakery chain, many workers report negative perceptions of monitoring via checklists. We survey workers and managers about the value and time costs to all in-store checklists, leading the firm to randomly remove two of the most perceivedly time-consuming and low-value checklists...

In a large German bakery chain, many workers report negative perceptions of monitoring via checklists. We survey workers and managers about the value and time costs to all in-store checklists, leading the firm to randomly remove two of the most perceivedly time-consuming and low-value checklists...

It is well-established that the effectiveness of pay-for-performance (PfP) schemes depends on employee- and organization-specific factors. However, less is known about the role of external forces. Investigating the role of market competition on the effectiveness of PfP, we theorize that there...

Eine aktuelle Studie zeigt, was geschieht, wenn Unternehmen Dokumentationspflichten reduzieren. Eine große deutsche Bäckereikette hat in zufällig ausgewählten Filialen zwei Checklisten abgeschafft, die viele Beschäftigte als zeitaufwendig und wenig hilfreich empfunden haben. Das Ergebnis:...