Showing 1 - 10 of 35
This paper analyzes experimentally how the interaction of task meaning and peer presence affects work effort. We build on the experimental designs of Falk and Ichino (2006) and Ariely et al. (2008). Confirming previous results from the literature, we find positive peer effects and negative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009751805
Recent research has shown that the presence of peers can increase individual output both in the lab and the field. This paper tests for negative side effects of peer settings. We investigate whether peer settings are particularly prone to cheating even if they do not provide additional monetary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010530020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011969039
Previous research has shown a detrimental effect of low task meaning on individual work output. This paper analyzes whether peer settings are able to counteract this negative effect of low task meaning. First, our results confirm that a low level of task meaning decreases individual output when...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014038879
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003981680
In two-person generosity games the proposer's agreement payoffis exogenously given whereas that of the responder is endogenouslydetermined by the proposer's choice of the pie size. Earlier resultsfor two-person generosity games show that participants seem to caremore for eciency than for equity....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005870886
Warum wird zunehmend Teamfaehigkeit in Stellenanzeigen gefordert? Wie wirkt sich dies auf die Bewerbungsentscheidung potenzieller Arbeitnehmer aus? Und welche Rolle spielt dabei die Einstellung dieser potenziellen Arbeitnehmer gegenueber Teamarbeit? Auf diese Fragen versucht die vorliegende...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008548738
In two-person generosity games the proposer's agreement payoff is exogenously given whereas that of the responder is endogenously determined by the proposer's choice of the pie size. Earlier results for two-person generosity games show that participants seem to care more for efficiency than for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003952438
Innovative behavior is mostly studied theoretically, e.g., in models of patent races, and empirically, e.g., by using R&D or patent data. This research, however, is only poorly informed about the psychological tradition of creativity research. Our study is an attempt to experimentally collect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009374335
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009510374