Dutcher, Glenn E.; Oexl, Regine; Ryvkin, Dmitry; Salmon, Tim - 2021 - This version: September 11, 2021
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 …