, which can ultimately impede the productivity of the team. To address this problem, we conduct a field experiment at a … by approximately 7%, while leaving team leaders' productivity unchanged, and was profitable for the firm. During the … intervention, we observe a positive correlation between the evaluations of team leaders and the productivity of team members …

observed increase productivity at least initially when compensation is team based, while we find that subjects observing react …. We consider both a piece rate compensation scheme, where pay depends solely on own performance, and a team compensation … scheme, where pay also depends on the performance of other team members. Overall, we find some evidence that subjects who are …

High temperatures can have a negative effect on work-related activities. Labor productivity may go down because mental …

The conditions under which profit sharing affects workplace productivity have never been fully understood. Using panel … productivity growth in Canadian establishments, and whether this relationship is affected by various contextual factors … adoption of a profit sharing program and subsequent productivity growth in both panels, but only among establishments that …

-rider problem so they have a less strong influence on productivity than individual-based schemes. We show that this assumption is …

intrinsic motivation for students with low skills, while girls also respond less to rank-based incentives if tested with less …

generates learning: performing one task increases productivity on related tasks. Intrinsic motivation generates a new multitask …According to psychologists and neuroscientists, a key source of intrinsic motivation is learning. An economic model of … adds a simple incentive. Incentive pay does not "crowd out" intrinsic motivation, but it does rebalance effort away from …