Incentives and Cooperation in Firms:Field Evidence

We empirically investigate the impact of incentive scheme structure on the degree ofcooperation in firms using a unique and representative data set. Combining employee surveydata with detailed firm level information on the relative importance of individual, team, andcompany performance for compensation, we find a significant positive relation between theintensity of team incentives and several survey measures of cooperation. Moreover, higherpowered team incentives are associated with lower degrees of absenteeism while this is notthe case for individual incentives....

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Year of publication:	2011-04-01
Authors:	Berger, Johannes ; Herbertz, Claus ; Sliwka, Dirk
Institutions:	Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn>
Subject:	Unternehmen \| Kooperation \| Gruppe \| Prämienlohn \| rank incentives

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Extent:	160768 bytes 30 p. application/pdf
Series:	Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) - Discussion Paper IZA Discussion Paper No. 5618
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Classification:	D23 - Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights ; J33 - Compensation Packages; Payment Methods ; M52 - Compensation and Compensation Methods and Their Effects (stock options, fringe benefits, incentives, family support programs) ; M54 - Labor Management (team formation, worker empowerment, job design, tasks and authority, job satisfaction) ; Management and organisation. Other aspects ; Pay salaries and social benefits ; Individual Working Papers, Preprints ; No country specification
Source:	USB Cologne (business full texts)

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