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Commitment to self-rewards
Koch, Alexander K.; Nafziger, Julia - 2009
Self-administered rewards are ubiquitous. They serve as incentives for personal accomplishments and are widely recommended as tools for overcoming self-control problems. However, it seems puzzling why self-rewards can work: the prospect of a reward has a motivating force only if the threat of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271233
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From team spirit to jealousy: the pitfalls of too much transparency
Koch, Alexander K.; Morgenstern, Albrecht - 2005
suppose that greater transparency would enhance incentives. Therefore, it is puzzling that team production often lacks … transparency about individual contributions despite negligible costs for providing such information. We offer a rationale for this … by demonstrating that transparency can actually hurt incentives. In the presence of career concerns information on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267330
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Aligning Ambition and Incentives
Koch, Alexander K.; Peyrache, Eloïc - School of Economics and Management, University of Aarhus - 2008
Labor turnover creates longer term career concerns incentives that motivate employees in addition to the short term monetary incentives provided by the current employer. We analyze how these incentives interact and derive implications for the design of incentive contracts and organizational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005114055
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From Team Spirit to Jealousy: The Pitfalls of Too Much Transparency
Koch, Alexander K.; Morgenstern, Albrecht - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
suppose that greater transparency would enhance incentives. Therefore, it is puzzling that team production often lacks … transparency about individual contributions despite negligible costs for providing such information. We offer a rationale for this … by demonstrating that transparency can actually hurt incentives. In the presence of career concerns information on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703696
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From Team Spirit to Jealousy: The Pitfalls of Too Much Transparency
Koch, Alexander K.; Morgenstern, Albrecht - Department of Economics, Royal Holloway University of London - 2005
suppose that greater transparency would enhance incentives. Therefore, it is puzzling that team production often lacks … transparency about individual contributions despite negligible costs for providing such information. We offer a rationale for this … by demonstrating that transparency can actually hurt incentives. In the presence of career concerns information on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005677857
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Self-regulation through goal setting
Koch, Alexander K.; Nafziger, Julia - 2008
Goals are an important source of motivation. But little is known about why and how people set them. We address these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268967
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Commitment to Self-Rewards
Koch, Alexander K.; Nafziger, Julia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Self-administered rewards are ubiquitous. They serve as incentives for personal accomplish¬ments and are widely recommended as tools for overcoming self-control problems. However, it seems puzzling why self-rewards can work: the prospect of a reward has a motivating force only if the threat of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004999154
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Self-Regulation through Goal Setting
Koch, Alexander K.; Nafziger, Julia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Goals are an important source of motivation. But little is known about why and how people set them. We address these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566581
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Motivational goal bracketing : an experiment
Nafziger, Julia; Koch, Alexander K. - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012176236
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Motivational goal bracketing : an experiment
Koch, Alexander K.; Nafziger, Julia - 2017
We study in an online, real-effort experiment how the bracketing of non-binding goals affects performance in a work-leisure self-control problem. We externally induce the goal bracket - daily goals or a weekly goal - and within that bracket let subjects set goals for how much they want to work...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011724493