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Team structure and the effectiveness of collective performance pay
Ratto, Marisa; Tominey, Emma; Vergé, Thibaud - 2012
. The resulting team structure included several offices (subteams) within the same team, defined by the remuneration scheme …. In this paper we analyse the strategic interactions across subteams created by a two-level team structure, in order to … assess whether rewarding collective performance necessarily promotes cooperation. We show that such team structure creates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009570154
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Pay enough, don’t pay too much or don’t pay at all? : the impact of bonus intensity on job satisfaction
Pouliakas, Konstantinos - 2010
Using ten waves (1998-2007) of the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS), this paper investigates the ceteris paribus association between the intensity of incentive pay, the dynamic change in bonus status and the utility derived from work. After controlling for individual heterogeneity biases,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003936738
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Performance measurement and incentive plans
Kauhanen, Antti; Napari, Sami - 2010
This paper explores performance measurement in incentive plans. Based on theory, we argue that differences in the nature of jobs between blue- and white-collar employees lead to differences in incentive systems. We find that performance measurement for white-collar workers is broader in terms of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003968896
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Managerial incentives and favoritism in promotion decisions : theory and field evidence
Berger, Johannes; Herbertz, Claus; Sliwka, Dirk - 2011
This paper investigates the effects of managerial incentives on favoritism in promotion decisions. First, we theoretically show that favoritism leads to a lower quality of promotion decisions and in turn lower efforts. But the effect can be mitigated by pay-for-performance incentives for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009232290
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The perils of altering incentive plans : a case study
Kauhanen, Antti - 2011
This paper studies a retail chain that introduced a sales incentive plan that rewarded for exceeding a sales target and subsequently cut the incentive intensity in addition to increasing the target. Utilizing monthly panel data for 54 months for all 53 units of the chain the paper shows that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008938620
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Managerial Incentives and Favoritism in Promotion Decisions : Theory and Field Evidence
Berger, Johannes - 2011
This paper investigates the effects of managerial incentives on favoritism in promotion decisions. First, we theoretically show that favoritism leads to a lower quality of promotion decisions and in turn lower efforts. But the effect can be mitigated by pay-for-performance incentives for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013128837
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An Empirical Analysis of Risk, Incentives and the Delegation of Worker Authority
DeVaro, Jed - 2010
Traditionally, researchers have had difficulty testing the relationship between the degree of risk or uncertainty in workers' environments and incentive pay. The authors employ Prendergast's (2002) theory that incorporates the delegation of worker authority into the principal-agent model to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013137206
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Pay Enough, Don't Pay Too Much or Don't Pay at All? The Impact of Bonus Intensity on Job Satisfaction
Pouliakas, Konstantinos - 2010
Using ten waves (1998-2007) of the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS), this paper investigates the ceteris paribus association between the intensity of incentive pay, the dynamic change in bonus status and the utility derived from work. After controlling for individual heterogeneity biases,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013148342
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Bonuses, profit-sharing and job satisfaction : the more, the better?
Clemens, Marco - 2024
Managers frequently offer unconditional bonuses and profit-sharing payments to their employees. The isolated effects of the former payment type on job satisfaction, in particular, have received little empirical attention. This study uses German panel data and shows that, even when total income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014582714
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Team structure and the effectiveness of collective performance pay
Ratto, Marisa; Tominey, Emma; Vergé, Thibaud - 2012
. The resulting team structure included several offices (subteams) within the same team, defined by the remuneration scheme …. In this paper we analyse the strategic interactions across subteams created by a two-level team structure, in order to … assess whether rewarding collective performance necessarily promotes cooperation. We show that such team structure creates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287638