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Goal setting in the principal-agent model : weak incentives for strong performance
Corgnet, Brice; Gómez-Miñambres, Joaquín; Hernán … - 2016
responsive to agents' performance. Agents' performance is higher in the presence of goal setting despite weaker incentives. We … incentives and wage-irrelevant goals can be optimal. The pervasive use of non-monetary incentives in the workplace may help … account for previous empirical findings suggesting that firms rely on unexpectedly weak monetary incentives. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011515824
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Working too much for too little : stochastic rewards cause work addiction
Corgnet, Brice; Gächter, Simon; Hernán González, Roberto - 2020
People are generally assumed to shy away from activities generating stochastic rewards, thus requiring extra compensation for handling any additional risk. In contrast with this view, neuroscience research with animals has shown that stochastic rewards may act as a powerful motivator. Applying...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012178350
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Working too much for too little : stochastic rewards cause work addiction
Corgnet, Brice; Gächter, Simon; Hernán González, Roberto - 2020
People are generally assumed to shy away from activities generating stochastic rewards, thus requiring extra compensation for handling any additional risk. In contrast with this view, neuroscience research with animals has shown that stochastic rewards may act as a powerful motivator. Applying...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012163829
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Intermittent reinforcement and the persistence of behavior : experimental evidence
Hogarth, Robin M.; Villeval, Marie-Claire - 2010
Whereas economists have made extensive studies of the impact of levels of incentives on behavior, they have paid little … attention to the effects of regularity and frequency of incentives. We contrasted three ways of rewarding participants in a real … reinforcement ; ambiguity ; randomness ; incentives ; experiment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008780451
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Pay transparency under subjective performance evaluation
Fahn, Matthias; Zanarone, Giorgio - 2021
incentives. Collective enforcement allows the transparent organization to use strong employment relationships to "cross …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012418628
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Pay transparency under subjective performance evaluation
Fahn, Matthias; Zanarone, Giorgio - 2021
incentives. Collective enforcement allows the transparent organization to use strong employment relationships to "cross …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012416248
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The role of verifiability and privacy in the strategic provision of performance feedback : theory and experimental evidence
Ertac, Seda; Koçkesen, Levent; Özdemir, Duygu - 2015
We theoretically and experimentally analyze the role of verifiability and privacy in strategic performance feedback using a “one principal-two agent” context with real effort. We confirm the theoretical prediction that information transmission occurs only in verifiable feedbackmechanisms and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011389425
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The value of top-down communication for organizational performance
Brandes, Leif; Darai, Donja - 2014
We design a laboratory experiment to identify causal performance effects of top-down communication between managers and their subordinates. Our focus lies on communication that resolves uncertainty about the work environment but does not provide task-specific knowledge. Recent articles in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010360301
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Strategic feedback in teams : theory and experimental evidence
Ertac, Seda; Gümren, Mert; Koçkesen, Levent - 2017
FeedbackWe theoretically and experimentally analyze public and private feedback in teams that are characterized by different performance technologies. We consider a setting where the principal can provide truthful information on agents’ performances or strategically withhold feedback. We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011737852
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Can higher bonuses lead to less effort? : incentive reversal in teams
Klor, Esteban F.; Kube, Sebastian; Winter, Eyal; … - 2011
Conventional wisdom suggests that an increase in monetary incentives should induce agents to exert higher effort. In … with positive externalities between agents, incentive reversal might occur: an increase in monetary incentives (either … and report on two experiments that provide supportive evidence. -- incentives ; incentive reversal ; team production …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009230143