performance. Our study is based on evidence from a natural experiment of NBA (National Basketball Association) players: Based on … to their 4th quarter performance as well as compared to their game and season averages. Yet the average performances in … situations leads to lower subsequent individual performance. Psychological explanations for this phenomenon, e.g. the role of …

performance feedback provision and peer effects on individuals' performance. First, it discusses to which extent feedback on … absolute performance affects individuals' effort for cognitive or motivational reasons, and how evaluations can be distorted … strategically. Second, this paper highlights the positive and negative effects of feedback on relative performance and rank on …

This paper examines the effect of incentives on the performance of darts players. We analyze four data sets comprising … natural research setting, because performance can be observed at the individual level and without the obscuring effects of … higher incentives, but choke when the incentives are really high. Professional players similarly display better performance …

ethnic diversity on the performance of business teams using a randomized field experiment. We follow 550 students who set up … ethnic diversity has no effect on team performance in terms of business outcomes (sales, profits and profits per share … the performance of teams. In line with theoretical predictions, our data suggest that this positive effect could be …

This paper explores whether the poor performance of many micro-enterprises can be explained by a lack of basic business …

This paper explores whether the poor performance of many micro-enterprises can be explained by a lack of basic business …

ethnic diversity on the performance of business teams using a randomized field experiment. We follow 550 students who set up … ethnic diversity has no effect on team performance in terms of business outcomes (sales, profits and profits per share … the performance of teams. In line with theoretical predictions, our data suggest that this positive effect could be …