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 these behavioral aspects. In a natural field experiment (n>1 …

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 behavioral aspects. In a field experiment (n>1,700 participants), we vary the …

. The existing evidence on the self-selection of agents is largely limited to job tasks where performance is driven by … tournament-based scheme vs. a fixed pay scheme. The experiment allows for the measurement of creative productivity, risk … productivity, but only according to their risk attitudes and self-assessments. The reason for the absence of a selection of the …

. The existing evidence on the self-selection of agents is largely limited to job tasks where performance is driven by … tournament-based scheme vs. a fixed pay scheme. The experiment allows for the measurement of creative productivity, risk … productivity, but only according to their risk attitudes and self-assessments. The reason for the absence of a selection of the …

incentives and wage gifts on creativity. We find that tournaments substantially increase creative output, with no evidence for …This paper reports the results from a large-scale laboratory experiment investigating the impact of tournament … complex tasks. Our findings provide a rationale for the frequent use of tournaments when seeking to motivate creative output. …

incentives and wage gifts on creativity. We find that tournaments substantially increase creative output, with no evidence for …This paper reports the results from a large-scale laboratory experiment investigating the impact of tournament … complex tasks. Our findings provide a rationale for the frequent use of tournaments when seeking to motivate creative output. …

We study how help can be fostered by means of a team bonus in the presence of rank-order tournaments. In a simple model … the theoretical benchmark with behavior observed in a one-shot experiment. …

. The existing evidence on the self-selection of agents is largely limited to job tasks where performance is driven by … tournament-based scheme vs. a fixed pay scheme. The experiment allows for the measurement of creative productivity, risk … productivity, but only according to their risk attitudes and self-assessments. The reason for the absence of a selection of the …

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 …