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In this paper, we investigate individuals’ investment in status in an environment where no monetary return can possibly be derived from reaching a better relative position. We use a real-effort experiment in which we permit individuals to learn and potentially improve their relative position...
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effect on performance. Therefore, ranking incentives should be used with care. Inducing group identity discourages sabotage …
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In this paper, we investigate individuals' investment in status in an environment where no monetary return can possibly be derived from reaching a better relative position. We use a real-effort experiment in which we permit individuals to learn and potentially improve their status (rank). We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013141233
In this paper, we investigate individuals' investment in status in an environment where no monetary return can possibly be derived from reaching a better relative position. We use a real-effort experiment in which we permit individuals to learn and potentially improve their status (rank). We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013141393
In this paper, we investigate individuals' investment in status in an environment where no monetary return can possibly be derived from reaching a better relative position. We use a real-effort experiment in which we permit individuals to learn and potentially improve their status (rank). We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003985726
: selfish workers who only respond to monetary incentives, and conditionally cooperative workers who might voluntarily provide …-select into firms that differ in their incentives as well as their resulting level of team work. Our model can explain why firms …
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In the economic literature on market competition, firms are often modelled as individual decision makers and the internal organization of the firm is neglected (unitary player assumption). However, as the literature on strategic delegation suggests, one can not generally expect that the behavior...
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The provision of social incentives in the workplace, where performance benefits a charitable cause, has been frequently … used in modern organizations. In this paper, we quantify the impact of social incentives on performance under two incentive … schemes: piece rate and a winner-take-all tournament. We introduce social incentives by informing individuals that 50% of …
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A debate among practicing managers is whether to use cooperative or competitive incentives for team production. While … competitive incentives may drive individual effort higher, they may also lead to less help and more sabotage; an issue exacerbated … when team members' abilities are varied. Using a lab experiment, we examine how increasing competitive incentives affects …
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comparison and incentives to disclose potentially privacy-sensitive information. We find that information sharing is higher under … incentives, and further increases under peer comparison. This effect is driven by those initially disclosing less, who …
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