design of jobs. However, it still remains unclear whether these changes will lead to more centralization or more … decentralization in firms. Previous literature on this debate has focused on a strict dichotomy between the two possible directions. In … autonomy but also experience more control via stronger monitoring, while non-executive employees only experience more …

workers that differ in monitoring intensity as they move from time to piece rates. The application of piece rates increases … quantity, and we find that the resultant quality can be improved with sufficient monitoring. Committed workers also produce … results thus show how a firm can refine its worker selection and monitoring options together with the payment system to …

This paper shows that monitoring too much a partner in the initial phase of a relationship may not be optimal if the … is simple: by monitoring too much we learn less on how the partner will behave when he is not monitored. Only by giving …