Showing 1 - 10 of 7,234
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009665652
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009744762
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009732279
This paper reports the results from a controlled field experiment designed to investigate the causal effect of public recognition on employee performance. We hired more than 300 employees to work on a three-hour data-entry task. In a random sample of work groups, workers unexpectedly received...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009732805
This paper reports the results from a controlled field experiment designed to investigate the causal effect of public recognition on employee performance. We hired more than 300 employees to work on a three-hour data-entry task. In a random sample of work groups, workers unexpectedly received...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009722400
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009724791
In this paper we investigate the long-run relationship between disasters and societal trust. A growing body research suggests that factors such as income inequality, ethnic fractionalization, and religious heritage are important determinants of social capital in general, and trust in particular....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009580773
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010192924
The Great Hanshin-Awaji (Kobe) earthquake struck Japan in 1995, causing devastating damage to the economic landscape of … south-central Japan. The earthquake also caused people to realize the importance of social capital in Japan. Based on a … earthquake enhanced the investment in social capital through participation in community activity. The differences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011527094
We examine conditions under which group consumption is likely to involve informal and tacit reciprocity agreements rather than formal contracts and the price system. Our model shows that informal reciprocity agreements are more likely to be used when transaction costs of formal agreements are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011568909