-assessments can be detrimental to workers´ performance. In the controlled environment of a laboratory gift-exchange experiment, our …

performance. Employees are observed in a natural work environment where they have to do a simple, but effort-intense task. Output … is perfectly observable and workers are paid for performance. While a regular piece-rate contract serves as a benchmark …

and cost side can be used separately to shape work performance. In our experiment, subjects work on a real-effort task … options, we explore the role of implicit costs of effort in determining workers' performance. We observe that incentive … contracts and implicit costs interact in a non-trivial manner. Performance reacts significantly to changes in implicit effort …

particular, we analyze how horizontal fairness concerns affect performance and efficiency in an environment characterized by …

necessary nor a sufficient prerequisite for eliciting high performance in teams. …

necessary nor a sufficient prerequisite for eliciting high performance in teams. …

particular, we analyze how horizontal fairness concerns affect performance and efficiency in an environment characterized by …

and efficiency have been seen as opposing aims in such work environments: individual pay-for-performance schemes maximize …

-assessments can be detrimental to workers' performance. In the controlled environment of a laboratory gift-exchange experiment, our …