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Incentives and cooperation in firms: Field evidence
Berger, Johannes; Herbertz, Claus; Sliwka, Dirk - 2011
intensity of team incentives and several survey measures of cooperation. Moreover, higher powered team incentives are associated … with lower degrees of absenteeism while this is not the case for individual incentives. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278772
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Arbeitsgruppen und ihre Bestimmungsgründe: Eine empirische Untersuchung im deutschen Maschinenbau
Müller, Harry - 2014
Betriebliche Arbeitsgruppen sind eine in der deutschen Industrie häufig anzutreffende Form der Fertigungsorganisation. Betrachtet man die innerbetriebliche Organisation aus der Sicht der Neuen Institutionenökonomik, so kann man die Arbeitsgruppe als eine Institution verstehen, mit deren Hilfe...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010421118
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Patterns of organizational flexibility in knowledge-intensive firms : going beyond existing concepts
Ruiner, Caroline; Wilkens, Uta; Küpper, Monika - In: Management revue : socio-economic studies 24 (2013) 3, pp. 162-178
We analyze patterns of flexible employment among the highly qualified workforce in knowledge-intensive firms. Our conceptual starting point is the Flexible Firm that can be traced back to Atkinson. On the basis of a qualitative field study in ten organizations, we show different patterns in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009783301
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Arbeitsgruppen und ihre Bestimmungsgründe : eine empirische Untersuchung im deutschen Maschinenbau
Müller, Harry - 2014
Betriebliche Arbeitsgruppen sind eine in der deutschen Industrie häufig anzutreffende Form der Fertigungsorganisation. Betrachtet man die innerbetriebliche Organisation aus der Sicht der Neuen Institutionenökonomik, so kann man die Arbeitsgruppe als eine Institution verstehen, mit deren Hilfe...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010411234
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Incentives and cooperation in firms : field evidence
Berger, Johannes; Herbertz, Claus; Sliwka, Dirk - 2011
intensity of team incentives and several survey measures of cooperation. Moreover, higher powered team incentives are associated … with lower degrees of absenteeism while this is not the case for individual incentives. -- incentives ; cooperation ; teams …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009235552
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The self-concept of book publishers and its significance for job satisfaction and satisfaction with economic success
Martin, Albert; Bartscher-Finzer, Susanne - In: Management revue : socio-economic studies 25 (2014) 4, pp. 285-313
The present article analyses two opposing self-concepts of entrepreneurs in the book publishing industry based on the well-known culture/commerce divide that operates in cultural industries. It analyses the effects of the self-concepts on entrepreneurial orientation, intrinsic motivation, job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011298181
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A field experiment in motivating employee ideas
Gibbs, Michael; Neckermann, Susanne; Siemroth, Christoph - 2014
We study the effects of a field experiment designed to motivate employee ideas, at a large technology company. Employees were encouraged to submit ideas on process and product improvements via an online system. In the experiment, the company randomized 19 account teams into treatment and control...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010342449
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Redesigning Teams and Incentives in a Merger : An Experiment with Managers and Students
Montmarquette, Claude; Rullière, Jean-Louis; Villeval, … - 2004
with managers from companies with different incentives, work habits and recruiting methods. In this paper, we investigate …, which occur in both compensation incentives and team composition. The results of a real effort experiment conducted with … managers within a large pharmaceutical company not only show that changes in compensation incentives affect performance but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276427
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Incentives for subjects in internet experiments
Dürsch, Peter (contributor); Oechssler, Joerg (contributor) - 2008
Internet experiments are a new and convenient way for reaching a large subject pool. Yet, providing incentives to … games). We test whether a high score provides adequate and non-distortionary incentives by comparing it to the usual … performance based incentives. We find significant differences and conclude that high scores are not always appropriate as an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003728060
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Differentiation and performance: An empirical investigation on the incentive effects of bonus plans
Kampkötter, Patrick; Sliwka, Dirk - 2011
in a simple model that the perceived degree of past differentiation affects future incentives. We then study the impact …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282509