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Multitasking and subjective performance evaluations : theory and evidence from a field experiment in a bank

Manthei, Kathrin; Sliwka, Dirk - 2018

experiment conducted in a bank. In the treatment group managers obtained access to objective performance measures which raised …

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Paying gig workers - evidence from a field experiment

Butschek, Sebastian; Amor, Roberto González; … - 2019

We study the performance effects of payment schemes for freelancers offering services on an online platform in an RCT. Under the initial scheme, the firm pays workers a pure sales commission. The intervention reduces the commission rate and adds a fixed payment per processed order to insure...

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Paying gig workers : evidence from a field experiment

Butschek, Sebastian; Amor, Roberto González; … - 2019

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Incentives and cooperation in firms : field evidence

Berger, Johannes; Herbertz, Claus; Sliwka, Dirk - 2011

We empirically investigate the impact of incentive scheme structure on the degree of cooperation in firms using a unique and representative data set. Combining employee survey data with detailed firm level information on the relative importance of individual, team, and company performance for...

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Performance pay and risk aversion

Grund, Christian; Sliwka, Dirk - 2006

A main prediction of agency theory is the well known risk-incentive trade-off. Incentive contracts should be found in environments with little uncertainty and for agents with low degrees of risk aversion. There is an ongoing debate in the literature about the first trade-off. Due to lack of...

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Multi-rater performance evaluations and incentives

Ockenfels, Axel; Sliwka, Dirk; Werner, Peter - 2024

We compare evaluations of employee performance by individuals and groups of supervisors, analyzing a formal model and running a laboratory experiment. The model predicts that multi-rater evaluations are more precise than single-rater evaluations if groups rationally aggregate their signals about...

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Information provision, incentives, and attention: a field experiment on facilitating and influencing managers' decisions

Manthei, Kathrin; Sliwka, Dirk; Vogelsang, Timo - 2021

The core role of managerial accounting is to provide information to facilitate managers' decisions and influence their … experiment in a large retail chain. In a 2 × 2 factorial design, we vary: (i) whether store managers obtain access to decision … different behavioral channels. In particular, managers make use of the information provided by placing higher-margin products …

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Multitasking and the benefits of objective performance measurement : evidence from a field experiment ; conference paper

Manthei, Kathrin; Sliwka, Dirk - 2013 - Preliminary version

outset objective performance measures of pro fits in each branch were only available on the branch level and managers … allocated bonuses to their employees based on subjective assessments. In a subset of the branches, managers then obtained access …

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On the use of nonfinancial performance measures in management compensation

Sliwka, Dirk - 2001

It is often claimed that (i) managers work too hard on operational issues and do not spend enough effort on strategic …

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Measuring the use of human resources practices and employee attitudes : the Linked Personnel Panel

Kampkötter, Patrick; Mohrenweiser, Jens; Sliwka, Dirk; … - 2015

Mit der Einführung der Grundsicherung für Arbeitsuchende im Jahr 2005 wurde in Deutschland ein System von Sanktionen implementiert, das für Arbeitslosengeld(ALG)-II-Bezieher im Alter von unter 25 Jahren besonders starke Leistungsminderungen nach sich ziehen kann. In unserem...

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