The purpose of this paper is twofold: First, I investigate whether performance measures reflecting quality aspects, human capital development, as well as sales activities are weighted differently when assessing employees that are at different hierarchical levels. Second, I examine whether a...

Sick pay is a common provision in most labor contracts. This paper employs an experimental gift-exchange environment to explore two related questions using both managers and undergraduates as subjects. First, do workers reciprocate sick pay in the same way as they reciprocate wage payments?...

Stewardship theory provides an interesting alternative to agency theory, which in the recent New Public Management era supported the introduction of rigorous performance management systems based on generalized mistrust in and control of public employees. However, we lack empirical validation of...