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The efficacy of tournaments for non-routine team tasks
Englmaier, Florian; Grimm, Stefan; Grothe, Dominik; … - 2021
Tournaments are often used to improve performance in innovation contexts. Tournaments provide monetary incentives but … also render teams’ identity and social-image concerns salient. We study the effects of tournaments on team performance in a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012597694
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The efficacy of tournaments for non-routine team tasks
Englmaier, Florian; Grimm, Stefan; Grothe, Dominik; … - 2023
Tournaments are often used to improve performance in innovation contexts. Tournaments provide monetary incentives but … also render teams' identity and image concerns salient. We study the effects of tournaments on team performance in a non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014495030
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The efficacy of tournaments for non-routine team tasks
Englmaier, Florian; Grimm, Stefan; Grothe, Dominik; … - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012589684
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Rankings and risk-taking in the finance industry
Kirchler, Michael; Lindner, Florian; Weitzel, Utz - 2016
Rankings are a pervasive feature of the finance industry. Although they have no direct monetary consequences, rankings … financial professionals and investigate how anonymous rankings influence risk-taking in investment decisions. We find that … rankings increase risk-taking because of financial professionals' desire for positive self-image. This particularly applies to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011417442
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Motivating low-achievers - relative performance feedback in primary schools
Hermes, Henning; Huschens, Martin; Rothlauf, Franz; … - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO 187 (2021), pp. 45-59
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Une expérimentation de deux modes de scrutin en Martinique lors du premier tour de l'élection présidentielle de 2017
Kamwa, Eric; Joseph, Gilles; Roger, Aurélie - In: Revue d'économie politique 130 (2020) 5, pp. 759-798
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Motivating low-achievers : relative performance feedback in primary schools
Hermes, Henning; Huschens, Martin; Rothlauf, Franz; … - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012195536
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Motivating low-achievers : relative performance feedback in primary schools
Hermes, Henning; Huschens, Martin; Rothlauf, Franz; … - 2020
Relative performance feedback (RPF) has often been shown to improve effort and performance in the workplace and educational settings. Yet, many studies also document substantial negative effects of RPF, in particular for low-achievers. We study a novel type of RPF designed to overcome these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012424267
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Delegated investment decisions and rankings
Kirchler, Michael; Lindner, Florian; Weitzel, Utz - In: Journal of banking & finance 120 (2020), pp. 1-10
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Risk Taking in Winner-Take-All Competition
Kräkel, Matthias; Nieken, Petra; Przemeck, Judith - 2008
We analyze a two-stage game between two heterogeneous players. At stage one, common risk is chosen by one of the players. At stage two, both players observe the given level of risk and simultaneously invest in a winner-take-all competition. The game is solved theoretically and then tested by...
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