learning experiment. We find that virtual communication leads to a substantial deterioration of group rationality for a … shown for face-toface decision making, which has ceased to be the prevalent form of communication in many IT …-based organizations. To test the robustness of higher group rationality under conditions of virtual communication, we conduct a social …

We study how upward communication - from workers to managers - about individual efforts affects the effectiveness of …-assessments can be detrimental to workers' performance. In the controlled environment of a laboratory gift-exchange experiment, our … workers regularly overstate their own contribution to the joint team output. Misreporting seems to spread distrust within the …

We study how upward communication - from workers to managers - about individual efforts affects the effectiveness of …-assessments can be detrimental to workers ́performance. In the controlled environment of a laboratory gift-exchange experiment, our … workers regularly overstate their own contribution to the joint team output. Misreporting seems to spread distrust within the …

communicated might matter. In a controlled field experiment, we study a minimally invasive change in the communication of a well …-established incentive scheme - a reminder regarding the piece rate at the beginning of the shift. The experiment was conducted in a large … firm where experienced managers work in a team production setting and where incentives for both quantity and quality of …