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On the Relevance and Composition of Gifts within the Firm : Evidence from Field Experiments
Shearer, Bruce - 2009
this firm, increasing in importance when the workers' outside alternatives deteriorate. Profit-maximizing gifts would …We investigate the economic relevance and the composition of gifts within a firm where output is contractible. We … develop a structural econometric model that identifies workers' optimal reaction to monetary gifts received from their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013157254
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On the Relevance and Composition of Gifts within the Firm : Evidence from Field Experiments
Bellemare, Charles; Shearer, Bruce - 2009
this firm, increasing in importance when the workers’ outside alternatives deteriorate. Profit-maximizing gifts would …We investigate the economic relevance and the composition of gifts within a firm where output is contractible. We … develop a structural econometric model that identifies workers’ optimal reaction to monetary gifts received from their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014205491
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On the relevance and composition of gifts within the firm : evidence from field experiments
Bellemare, Charles; Shearer, Bruce S. - In: International economic review 52 (2011) 3, pp. 855-882
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009379463
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On the relevance and composition of gifts within the firm: evidence from field experiments
Bellemare, Charles; Shearer, Bruce S. - 2009
this firm, increasing in importance when the workers' outside alternatives deteriorate. Profit-maximizing gifts would …We investigate the economic relevance and the composition of gifts within a firm where output is contractible. We … develop a structural econometric model that identifies workers' optimal reaction to monetary gifts received from their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276706
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Hidden benefits of reward : a field experiment on motivation and monetary incentives
Kvaløy, Ola; Nieken, Petra; Schöttner, Anja - 2013
We conduct a field experiment in a controlled work environment to investigate the effect of motivational talk and its interaction with monetary incentives. We find that motivational talk significantly improves performance only if it is accompanied by performance pay. Moreover, performance pay...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009793159
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Hidden benefits of reward : a field experiment on motivation and monetary incentives
Kvaløy, Ola; Nieken, Petra; Schöttner, Anja - 2013
We conducted a field experiment in a controlled work environment to investigate the effect of motivational talk and its interaction with monetary incentives. We find that motivational talk significantly improves performance only when accompanied by performance pay. Moreover, performance pay...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010342223
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Motivation and incentives in an online labor market
Fest, Sebastian; Kvaløy, Ola; Nieken, Petra; … - 2019
In this paper we present results from a large scale real effort experiment in an online labor market investigating the effect of performance pay and two common leadership techniques: Positive expectations and specific goals. We find that positive expectations have a significant negative effect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011977160
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Hidden Benefits of Reward : A Field Experiment on Motivation and Monetary Incentives
Kvaloy, Ola - 2013
We conduct a field experiment in a controlled work environment to investigate the effect of motivational talk and its interaction with monetary incentives. We find that motivational talk significantly improves performance only if it is accompanied by performance pay. Moreover, performance pay...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013075962
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The efficacy of tournaments for non-routine team tasks
Englmaier, Florian; Grimm, Stefan; Grothe, Dominik; … - 2021
Tournaments are often used to improve performance in innovation contexts. Tournaments provide monetary incentives but also render teams’ identity and social-image concerns salient. We study the effects of tournaments on team performance in a non-routine task and identify the importance of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012597694
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The efficacy of tournaments for non-routine team tasks
Englmaier, Florian; Grimm, Stefan; Grothe, Dominik; … - 2023
Tournaments are often used to improve performance in innovation contexts. Tournaments provide monetary incentives but also render teams' identity and image concerns salient. We study the effects of tournaments on team performance in a non-routine task and identify the importance of these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014495030