We conducted a field experiment in a controlled work environment to investigate the effect of motivational talk and its …

In this paper we present results from a large scale real effort experiment in an online labor market investigating the …

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

experiment in a large retail chain. In a 2 × 2 factorial design, we vary: (i) whether store managers obtain access to decision …

We present results from a field experiment designed to measure the importance of managerial commitment to a contract … as a function of the difficulty of the terrain to be planted. During the experiment, workers began planting a terrain at …

We utilize a laboratory experiment to compare effort provision under optimal tournament contracts with different … tournament contract incorporating both incentives at the top and at the bottom induces the highest effort, especially in larger …

intent, that can cause incentives to fail. Using an experiment that provides the material circumstances necessary for …

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 employee performance. Our controlled laboratory experiment confirms …

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 employee performance. Our controlled laboratory experiment confirms …

, which can ultimately impede the productivity of the team. To address this problem, we conduct a field experiment at a …