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Our study analyzes the consequences of workers' participation in the wage setting process on effort exertion. The … is systematically varied among the workers. The experimental data reveals that workers' participation leads actually to a … decline in effort exertion which can be explained by negative reciprocity of the respective worker. These results put some …
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Although relative performance schemes are pervasive in organizations reliable empirical data on induced sabotage behavior is almost non-existent. We study sabotage in tournaments in a controlled laboratory experiment and are able to confirm one of the key insights from theory: effort and...
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curbs sabotage due to agreements on flat prize structures and increased output. -- Sabotage ; tournament ; reciprocity …
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An important aspect in determining the effectiveness of gift exchange relations in labor markets is the ability of the worker to "repay the gift" to the employer. To test this hypothesis, we conduct a real effort laboratory experiment where we vary the wage and the effect of the worker's effort...
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We conduct a field experiment where we vary both the presence of a gift exchange wage and the effect of the worker's effort on the manager's payoff. The results indicate a strong complementarity between the initial wage gift and the agent's ability to 'repay the gift.' We collect information on...
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An important aspect in determining the effectiveness of gift exchange relations in labor markets is the ability of the worker to “repay the gift” to the employer. To test this hypothesis, we conduct a real effort laboratory experiment where we vary the wage and the effect of the worker's...
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model does substantially better than other theories in organizing the data. -- reciprocity ; fairness ; real effort …
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on details of the environment. -- incentives ; reciprocity ; gift exchange ; field experiments …
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