We investigate the influence of two widespread compensation schemes, individual piece-rates and team incentives, on … pronounced under team incentives than under individual piece-rates, which highlights a so far fairly neglected feature of these …

own gender or in a mixed-gender team. We found that independent of the choice of team, in the initial period, men … contributed significantly more to the team projects than women. Men preferred the successful men-only teams in the subsequent …

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 …

We study, how help can be fostered under relative rewards by means of team bonus and corporate value statements. A … simple model analysis suggests that team members help less as relative rewards increase. As one potential measure to … encourage help, we augment relative rewards with team rewards determined by the output of the whole team. This theoretical …