We investigate whether the effect of relative performance information on tournament performance depends on the tournament's prize structure. We focus on the effect of relative performance information on two tournament prize structures: a two-tier structure in which only the top performer...

This study investigates how performance-to-target (exceeding vs. missing prior target) and task type (ability-driven vs. effort-driven) affect manager's target setting decisions in a setting in which a manager sets targets for multiple employees. We predict that target adjustments are greater...

This study investigates via an experiment the effects of target transparency on managers' target setting decisions. Specifically, we investigate whether target transparency, which reflects employees' knowledge about each other's targets, affects managers' target setting decisions and whether...

This study investigates whether task interdependence in teams alters the effectiveness of managerial discretion in motivating team performance. Teams are particularly useful when employees' tasks are interdependent, i.e., when the degree to which the increase in team performance resulting from a...

We use two experiments to investigate how incentive scheme and task structure influence creative incubation in a multitask environment where participants perform both creative and simple routine tasks. In our first experiment, where participants are given the discretion to switch between a...

Prior research suggests that team member communication based on mutual monitoring can improve team performance by enabling the manager to more closely relate individual team members' contributions to their rewards. Given that diverse work settings affect the ability of team members to observe...

This study investigates whether the effect of managerial discretion over team members' compensation on team performance depends on task interdependence. Task interdependence reflects the degree to which the increase in team performance resulting from a team member's effort depends on the efforts...

When using a tournament in multi-period settings, firms have discretion in selecting the tournament horizon. For example, firms can use a single tournament (a grand tournament) or a sequence of multiple tournaments each with a shorter horizon than a grand tournament (a repeated tournament)....