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Adverse effects of monitoring : evidence from a field experiment

Herz, Holger; Zihlmann, Christian - 2021

We conduct a field experiment with remote workers to assess potential adverse effects of monitoring. We find that … monitoring reduces the average performance of workers, in particular among the intrinsically motivated workforce. Moreover …, monitoring cultivates the average worker: There are fewer high performers and the variance in performance is significantly …

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Adverse Effects of Monitoring : Evidence from a Field Experiment

Herz, Holger; Zihlmann, Christian - 2021

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Adverse effects of monitoring : evidence from a field experiment

Herz, Holger; Zihlmann, Christian - 2021

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Smartphone bans and workplace performance

Chadi, Adrian; Mechtel, Mario; Mertins, Vanessa - In: Experimental Economics 25 (2021) 1, pp. 287-317

This paper constitutes the first economic investigation into the potential detrimental role of smartphones in the workplace based on a field experiment. We exploit the conduct of a nationwide telephone survey, for which interviewers were recruited to work individually and in single offices for...

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Do social preferences increase productivity? Field experimental evidence from fishermen in Toyama Bay

Carpenter, Jeffrey P.; Seki, Erika - 2005

We provide a reason for the wider economics profession to take social preferences, a concern for the outcomes achieved by other reference agents, seriously. Although we show that student measures of social preference elicited in an experiment have little external validity when compared to...

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Do Social PreferencesIncrease Productivity? Field experimental evidence from fishermen in Toyoma Bay

Carpenter, Jeffrey; Seki, Erika - 2005

We provide a reason for the wider economics profession to take social preferences, a concern for the outcomes achieved by other reference agents, seriously. Although, we show that student measures of social preference elicited in an experiment have little external validity when compared to...

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Do Social Preferences Increase Productivity? Field Experimental Evidence from Fishermen in Toyama Bay

Carpenter, Jeffrey; Seki, Erika - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

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Talking about performance or paying for it? : evidence from a field experiment

Manthei, Kathrin; Sliwka, Dirk; Vogelsang, Timo - 2019

We investigate the causal effect of conversations about performance and performance pay implementing a 2x2 field experiment in a retail chain. In the performance pay treatments, managers receive a bonus for profit increases. In the performance review treatments, managers have regular meetings...

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When do teachers respond to student feedback? : evidence from a field experiment

Buurman, Margaretha; Delfgaauw, Josse; Dur, Robert A. J.; … - 2020

We ran a field experiment at a large Dutch school for intermediate vocational education to examine whether the response of teachers to student feedback depends on the content of the feedback. Students evaluated all teachers, but only a randomly selected group of teachers received feedback....

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Do women shy away from public speaking? : a field experiment

De Paola, Maria; Lombardo, Rosetta; Pupo, Valeria; … - 2020

Public speaking is an important skill for career prospects and for leadership positions, but many people tend to avoid it because it generates anxiety. We run a field experiment to analyze whether in an incentivized setting men and women show differences in their willingness to speak in public....

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