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We study the effect of recognition on performance with a field experiment involving first-year undergraduate students … the second midterm grade is 0.03s (s = the grade's standard deviation) for the recipients of recognition, and 0.15s for … (itself unaffected), and decreases with the distance to the cutoff grade for recognition, reaching a significant 0.44s for …
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We study the effect of recognition on performance with a field experiment involving first-year undergraduate students … the second midterm grade is 0.03s (s = the grade's standard deviation) for the recipients of recognition, and 0.15s for … (itself unaffected), and decreases with the distance to the cutoff grade for recognition, reaching a significant 0.44s for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884116
In order to analyze if heterogeneity in psychological traits affects individual performance in sequential tournaments …, we conducted a tennis field experiment. In the experiment, we also varied the payment schemes (individual, team … performance whereas a preference towards competition enhanced it. On average, we observe a second mover advantage. However …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011585854
performance of the unit that they are auditing. We vary incentives in the experiment from individual (piece rate) to competitive …This study examines experimentally how dishonest behavior in the form of misreporting others' performance depends on … the nature of provided incentives. We conduct a 'lab in the field' experiment with internal auditors during two large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011639592
In order to analyze if heterogeneity in psychological traits affects individual performance in sequential tournaments …, we conducted a tennis field experiment. In the experiment, we also varied the payment schemes (individual, team … performance whereas a preference towards competition enhanced it. On average, we observe a second mover advantage. However …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011666926
performance of the unit that they are auditing. We vary incentives in the experiment from individual (piece rate) to competitive …This study examines experimentally how dishonest behavior in the form of misreporting others' performance depends on … the nature of provided incentives. We conduct a 'lab in the field' experiment with internal auditors during two large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011869127
We provide field experimental evidence of the effects of monitoring in a context where productivity is multi-dimensional and only one dimension is monitored and incentivised. We hire students to do a job for us. The job consists of identifying euro coins. We study the effects of monitoring and...
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introducing lax monitoring does not improve performance, but increases tardiness substantially. Strict monitoring increases … tardiness to the same extent, but also leads to substantial improvements in performance. Theft, on the other hand, occurs more …
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We study how different demographic groups respond to incentives by comparing their performance in "high" and "low … section of the GRE. We find that Males exhibit a larger drop in performance between the high and low stakes examinations than … females, and Whites exhibit a larger drop in performance compared to minorities. Differences between high and low stakes tests …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011996241
We study how different demographic groups respond to incentives by comparing their performance in “high” and “low … section of the GRE. We find that Males exhibit a larger drop in performance between the high and low stakes examinations than … females, and Whites exhibit a larger drop in performance compared to minorities. Differences between high and low stakes tests …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012018281