Differences in Social Preferences - Are They Profitable for the Firm?
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Keywords
Social Preferences; Rivalry; Altruism; Egoism; Team Composition; Performance Measurement;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D23 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights
- D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
- D86 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Economics of Contract Law
- M41 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Accounting - - - Accounting
- M52 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Compensation and Compensation Methods and Their Effects
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ACC-2008-03-01 (Accounting and Auditing)
- NEP-BEC-2008-03-01 (Business Economics)
- NEP-CBE-2008-03-01 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-LAB-2008-03-01 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-SOC-2008-03-01 (Social Norms and Social Capital)
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