Gibbs, Michael; Neckermann, Susanne; Siemroth, Christoph - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
crowding out. Our findings suggest that rewards can improve innovation and creativity, and that there may be a tradeoff between … company randomized 19 account teams into treatment and control groups. Employees in treatment teams received rewards if their … ideas were approved. Nothing changed for employees in control teams. Our main finding is that rewards substantially …