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We compare evaluations of employee performance by individuals and groups of supervisors, analyzing a formal model and running a laboratory experiment. The model predicts that multi-rater evaluations are more precise than single-rater evaluations if groups rationally aggregate their signals about...
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We compare evaluations of employee performance by individuals and groups of supervisors, analyzing a formal model and running a laboratory experiment. The model predicts that multi-rater evaluations are more precise than single-rater evaluations if groups rationally aggregate their signals about...
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It is often claimed that (i) managers work too hard on operational issues and do not spend enough effort on strategic activities and (ii) something can be done about this by introducing nonfinancial performance measures as for instance with a balanced scorecard. We give an explanation for both...
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We investigate whether incentive schemes signal social norms and thus affect behavior beyond their direct economic consequences. A principal-agent experiment is studied in which prior to contract choice principals are informed about past actions of other agents and thus have more information...
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interaction. We compare the impact of different forms of monetary incentives with non-monetary incentives provided through direct … support to reduce the sales agents' effort costs. We develop a conceptual formal model hypothesizing that incentives for … intermediaries, (iii) intermediaries with weaker monetary incentives prior to the intervention, and (iv) products where the firm has …
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We compare evaluations of employee performance by individuals and groups of supervisors, analyzing a formal model and running a laboratory experiment. The model predicts that multi-rater evaluations are more precise than single-rater evaluations if groups rationally aggregate their signals about...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014533969
We compare evaluations of employee performance by individuals and groups of supervisors, analyzing a formal model and running a laboratory experiment. The model predicts that multi-rater evaluations are more precise than single-rater evaluations if groups rationally aggregate their signals about...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014554626
By enriching a principal-agent model it is shown that the introduction of monetary incentives may reduce an agent … convictions of others, high powered incentives signal that not sticking to agreements is a widespread behavior and may lead to …
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conclude that transparency does not weaken, but strengthen career concerns incentives. …
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