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- Josse Delfgaauw & Robert Dur & Oke Onemu & Joeri Sol, 2022.
"Team Incentives, Social Cohesion, and Performance: A Natural Field Experiment,"
Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 68(1), pages 230-256, January.
- Josse Delfgaauw & Robert Dur & Okemena Onemu & Joeri Sol, 2019. "Team Incentives, Social Cohesion, and Performance: A Natural Field Experiment," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 19-045/VII, Tinbergen Institute.
- Delfgaauw, Josse & Dur, Robert & Onemu, Oke & Sol, Joeri, 2020. "Team Incentives, Social Cohesion, and Performance: A Natural Field Experiment," IZA Discussion Papers 13498, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Peter J. Kuhn & Lizi Yu, 2019. "How Costly is Turnover? Evidence from Retail," NBER Working Papers 26179, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- David J. Cooper & Krista Saral & Marie Claire Villeval, 2021.
"Why Join a Team?,"
Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 67(11), pages 6980-6997, November.
- David J. Cooper & Krista Saral & Marie Claire Villeval, 2019. "Why Join a Team?," Working Papers 1928, Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique Lyon St-Étienne (GATE Lyon St-Étienne), Université de Lyon.
- David Cooper & Krista Saral & Marie Claire Villeval, 2019. "Why Join a Team?," Working Papers halshs-02295921, HAL.
- David J. Cooper & Krista Saral & Marie Claire Villeval, 2021. "Why Join a Team?," Post-Print halshs-03003653, HAL.
- Cooper, David J. & Saral, Krista & Villeval, Marie Claire, 2019. "Why Join a Team?," IZA Discussion Papers 12587, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Florian Englmaier & Stefan Grimm & Dominik Grothe & David Schindler & Simeon Schudy, 2024.
"The Effect of Incentives in Nonroutine Analytical Team Tasks,"
Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 132(8), pages 2695-2747.
- Florian Englmaier & Stefan Grimm & Dominik Grothe & David Schindler & Simeon Schudy, 2018. "The Effect of Incentives in Non-Routine Analytical Team Tasks," CESifo Working Paper Series 6903, CESifo.
- Florian Englmaier & Stefan Grimm & Dominik Grothe & David Schindler & Simeon Schudy, 2023. "The Effect of Incentives in Non-Routine Analytical Team Tasks," Rationality and Competition Discussion Paper Series 468, CRC TRR 190 Rationality and Competition.
- Manthei, Kathrin & Sliwka, Dirk & Vogelsang, Timo, 2019. "Talking about Performance or Paying for it? Evidence from a Field Experiment," IZA Discussion Papers 12446, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Adrian Bruhin & Fidel Petros & Luís Santos-Pinto, 2024.
"The role of self-confidence in teamwork: experimental evidence,"
Experimental Economics, Springer;Economic Science Association, vol. 27(3), pages 687-712, July.
- Bruhin, Adrian & Petros, Fidel & Santos-Pinto, Luís, 2023. "The role of self-confidence in teamwork: Experimental evidence," Discussion Papers, Research Unit: Market Behavior SP II 2023-206, WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
- Butz, Britta & Harbring, Christine, 2020. "Donations as an incentive for cooperation in public good games," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 85(C).
- Manthei, Kathrin & Sliwka, Dirk, 2018. "Multitasking and Subjective Performance Evaluations: Theory and Evidence from a Field Experiment in a Bank," IZA Discussion Papers 11581, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Ku, Hyejin, 2019.
"The effect of wage subsidies on piece rate workers: Evidence from the Penny Per Pound program in Florida,"
Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 139(C), pages 122-134.
- Hyejin Ku, 2018. "The Effect of Wage Subsidies on Piece Rate Workers: Evidence from the Penny Per Pound Program in Florida," RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series 1815, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM).
- Julia Müller & Thorsten Upmann, 2017. "Eigenvalue Productivity: Measurement of Individual Contributions in Teams," CESifo Working Paper Series 6679, CESifo.
- Sruthi Thatchenkery & Riitta Katila, 2023. "Innovation and profitability following antitrust intervention against a dominant platform: The wild, wild west?," Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 44(4), pages 943-976, April.
- Jorge Tovar, 2020.
"Performance, Diversity And National Identity Evidence From Association Football,"
Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 58(2), pages 897-916, April.
- Jorge Tovar, 2018. "Performance, Diversity and National Identity Evidence from Association football," Documentos CEDE 16820, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
- Englmaier, Florian & Grimm, Stefan & Schindler, David & Schudy, Simeon, 2018.
"The Effect of Incentives in Non-Routine Analytical Team Tasks – Evidence from a Field Experiment,"
VfS Annual Conference 2017 (Vienna): Alternative Structures for Money and Banking
168286, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
- Englmaier, Florian & Grimm, Stefan & Schindler, David & Schudy, Simeon, 2018. "The Effect of Incentives in Non-Routine Analytical Team Tasks - Evidence From a Field Experiment," Rationality and Competition Discussion Paper Series 71, CRC TRR 190 Rationality and Competition.
- Englmaier, Florian & Grimm, Stefan & Schindler, David & Schudy, Simeon, 2018. "The Effect of Incentives in Non-Routine Analytical Teams Tasks - Evidence from a Field Experiment," Other publications TiSEM 161fc70b-8d41-4500-8a01-d, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management.
- Englmaier, Florian & Grimm, Stefan & Schindler, David & Schudy, Simeon, 2018. "The Effect of Incentives in Non-Routine Analytical Team Tasks - Evidence from a Field Experiment," CEPR Discussion Papers 13226, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Jason J Sandvik & Richard E Saouma & Nathan T Seegert & Christopher T Stanton, 2020.
"Workplace Knowledge Flows,"
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 135(3), pages 1635-1680.
- Jason Sandvik & Richard Saouma & Nathan Seegert & Christopher T. Stanton, 2020. "Workplace Knowledge Flows," NBER Working Papers 26660, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Stanton, Christopher T. & Sandvik, Jason & Saouma, Richard & Seegert, Nathan, 2020. "Workplace Knowledge Flows," CEPR Discussion Papers 14299, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Guido Friebel & Matthias Heinz & Nikolay Zubanov, 2022.
"Middle Managers, Personnel Turnover, and Performance: A Long‐Term Field Experiment in a Retail Chain,"
Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 68(1), pages 211-229, January.
- Heinz, Matthias & Friebel, Guido & Zubanov, Nick, 2018. "Middle managers, personnel turnover and performance: A long-term field experiment in a retail chain," CEPR Discussion Papers 13125, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Guido Friebel & Matthias Heinz & Nikolay Zubanov, 2020. "Middle Managers, Personnel Turnover and Performance: A Long-Term Field Experiment in a Retail Chain," ECONtribute Discussion Papers Series 039, University of Bonn and University of Cologne, Germany.
- Selay Sahan & Euan Phimister, 2022. "Worker Incentives in the Banking Industry," Journal of Financial Services Research, Springer;Western Finance Association, vol. 61(2), pages 259-284, April.
- Fischer, Mira & Rilke, Rainer Michael & Yurtoglu, B. Burcin, 2020.
"Two Field Experiments on Self-Selection, Collaboration Intensity, and Team Performance,"
Rationality and Competition Discussion Paper Series
241, CRC TRR 190 Rationality and Competition.
- Fischer, Mira & Rilke, Rainer Michael & Yurtoglu, B. Burcin, 2020. "Two field experiments on self-selection, collaboration intensity, and team performance," Discussion Papers, Research Unit: Market Behavior SP II 2020-201, WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
- Fischer, Mira & Rilke, Rainer Michael & Yurtoglu, B. Burcin, 2020. "Two Field Experiments on Self-Selection, Collaboration Intensity, and Team Performance," IZA Discussion Papers 13201, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Luca Picariello, 2019. "Promotions and Training: Do Competitive Firms Set the Bar too High?," CSEF Working Papers 552, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy.
- Kathrin Manthei & Dirk Sliwka & Timo Vogelsang, 2023. "Talking About Performance or Paying for It? A Field Experiment on Performance Reviews and Incentives," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 69(4), pages 2198-2216, April.
- Anders Frederiksen & Daniel Baltzer Schjødt Hansen & Colleen Flaherty Manchester, 2024. "Group-Based Incentives and Individual Performance: A Study of the Effort Response," ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 77(2), pages 273-293, March.
- Dessein, Wouter & Lo, Desmond (Ho-Fu) & Minami, Chieko, 2019. "Coordination and Organization Design: Theory and Micro-evidence," CEPR Discussion Papers 13938, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Vázquez-Suárez, Luis & MejÃa-Vásquez, Pericles Ramón & Serafim da Silva, Sheila & Sánchez-Gómez, Roberto, 2022. "Gender’s moderating role in the relationship between organisational form and performance in the Spanish supermarket industry," Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, Elsevier, vol. 64(C).
- Gilbert Cette & Jimmy Lopez & Jacques Mairesse & Giuseppe Nicoletti, 2020.
"Economic Adjustment during the Great Recession: The Role of Managerial Quality,"
NBER Working Papers
27954, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Gilbert CETTE & Jimmy LOPEZ & Jacques MAIRESSE & Giuseppe NICOLETTI, 2020. "Economic Adjustment during the Great Recession: The Role of Managerial Quality," Working Papers 2020-26, Center for Research in Economics and Statistics.
- Cette, Gilbert & Lopez, Jimmy & Mairesse, Jacques & Nicoletti, Giuseppe, 2020. "Economic adjustment during the Great Recession: The role of managerial quality," MERIT Working Papers 2020-048, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
- Gilbert Cette & Jimmy Lopez & Jacques Mairesse & Giuseppe Nicoletti, 2020.
"Economic Adjustment during the Great Recession: The Role of Managerial Quality,"
NBER Working Papers
27954, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Lopez Jimmy & Mairesse Jacques & Nicoletti Giuseppe, 2020. "Economic Adjustment during the Great Recession: The Role of Managerial QualityAuthor-Name: Cette Gilbert," Working papers 784, Banque de France.
- Kelly, E.; & Propper, C.; & Zaranko, B.;, 2022. "Team composition and productivity: evidence from nursing teams in the English National Health Service," Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers 22/19, HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York.
- Haylock, Michael & Kampkötter, Patrick & Kosfeld, Michael & von Siemens, Ferdinand, 2023.
"Helping and Antisocial Behavior in the Workplace,"
VfS Annual Conference 2023 (Regensburg): Growth and the "sociale Frage"
277645, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
- Haylock, Michael & Kampkötter, Patrick & Kosfeld, Michael & Von Siemens, Ferdinand, 2023. "Helping and Antisocial Behavior in the Workplace," CEPR Discussion Papers 18154, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Haylock, Michael & Kampkötter, Patrick & Kosfeld, Michael & von Siemens, Ferdinand, 2023. "Helping and Antisocial Behavior in the Workplace," IZA Discussion Papers 16147, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Bauer, Kevin & Kosfeld, Michael & von Siemens, Ferdinand, 2021.
"Incentives, Self-Selection, and Coordination of Motivated Agents for the Production of Social Goods,"
IZA Discussion Papers
14595, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Kevin Bauer & Michael Kosfeld & Ferdinand von Siemens, 2021. "Incentives, Self-Selection, and Coordination of Motivated Agents for the Production of Social Goods," CESifo Working Paper Series 9207, CESifo.
- Kosfeld, Michael & Bauer, Kevin & Von Siemens, Ferdinand, 2021. "Incentives, Self-Selection, and Coordination of Motivated Agents for the Production of Social Goods," CEPR Discussion Papers 16400, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Bauer, Kevin & Kosfeld, Michael & von Siemens, Ferdinand, 2021. "Incentives, self-selection, and coordination of motivated agents for the production of social goods," SAFE Working Paper Series 318, Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE.
- Michael Gibbs & Friederike Mengel & Christoph Siemroth, 2023.
"Work from Home and Productivity: Evidence from Personnel and Analytics Data on Information Technology Professionals,"
Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 1(1), pages 7-41.
- Gibbs, Michael & Mengel, Friederike & Siemroth, Christoph, 2021. "Work from Home & Productivity: Evidence from Personnel & Analytics Data on IT Professionals," IZA Discussion Papers 14336, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Guay, Wayne R. & Kepler, John D. & Tsui, David, 2019. "The role of executive cash bonuses in providing individual and team incentives," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 133(2), pages 441-471.
- Durán, Ashley & Mantilla, Cesar, 2021. "Voting in multi-stage elimination contests: Evidence from a Karaoke show," OSF Preprints xdbr5, Center for Open Science.
- Friebel, Guido & Heinz, Matthias & Zubanov, Nick, 2016. "The Effect of Announced Downsizing on Workplace Performance: Evidence from a Retail Chain," IZA Discussion Papers 9739, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Lagarde, Mylène & Riumallo Herl, Carlos, 2025. "Better together? Group incentives and the demand for prevention," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 125349, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
- Patrick Kampkötter & Dirk Sliwka, 2016.
"The Complementary Use of Experiments and Field Data to Evaluate Management Practices: The Case of Subjective Performance Evaluations,"
Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, vol. 172(2), pages 364-389, June.
- Kampkötter, Patrick & Sliwka, Dirk, 2015. "The Complementary Use of Experiments and Field Data to Evaluate Management Practices: The Case of Subjective Performance Evaluations," IZA Discussion Papers 9285, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Bernal, Pedro & Martinez, Sebastian, 2020.
"In-kind incentives and health worker performance: Experimental evidence from El Salvador,"
Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 70(C).
- Martinez, Sebastian & Bernal, Pedro, 2018. "In-Kind Incentives and Health Worker Performance: Experimental Evidence from El Salvador," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 45, Inter-American Development Bank.
- Chadi, Adrian & Homolka, Konstantin, 2022. "Little Lies and Blind Eyes – Experimental Evidence on Cheating and Task Performance in Work Groups," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 199(C), pages 122-159.
- Butschek, Sebastian & González Amor, Roberto & Kampkötter, Patrick & Sliwka, Dirk, 2022. "Motivating gig workers – evidence from a field experiment," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 75(C).
- Gneezy, Uri & Kajackaite, Agne & Meier, Stephan, 2020. "Incentive-Based Interventions," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, pages 523-536.
- Delfgaauw, Josse & Dur, Robert & Souverijn, Michiel, 2017.
"Team Incentives, Task Assignment, and Performance: A Field Experiment,"
IZA Discussion Papers
11228, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Josse (J.) Delfgaauw & Robert (A.J.) Dur & Michiel Souverijn, 2017. "Team Incentives, Task Assignment, and Performance: A Field Experiment," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 17-090/VII, Tinbergen Institute.
- Hyun Seok (Huck) Lee & Saravanan Kesavan & Camelia Kuhnen, 2022. "When do group incentives for retail store managers work?," Production and Operations Management, Production and Operations Management Society, vol. 31(8), pages 3077-3095, August.
- Saskia Opitz & Dirk Sliwka & Timo Vogelsang & Tom Zimmermann, 2022. "The Targeted Assignment of Incentive Schemes," ECONtribute Discussion Papers Series 187, University of Bonn and University of Cologne, Germany.
- Rudolf Kerschbamer & Regine Oexl, 2023.
"The effect of random shocks on reciprocal behavior in dynamic principal-agent settings,"
Experimental Economics, Springer;Economic Science Association, vol. 26(2), pages 468-488, April.
- Rudolf Kerschbamer & Regine Oexl, 2021. "The effect of random shocks on reciprocal behavior in dynamic principal-agent settings," Working Papers 2021-27, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Universität Innsbruck.
- Heinz, Matthias & Khashabi, Pooyan & Zubanov, Nick & Kretschmer, Tobias & Friebel, Guido, 2017. "Heterogeneous Effects of Performance Pay with Market Competition: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment," CEPR Discussion Papers 12474, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Robert Butler & Liam J. A. Lenten & Patrick Massey, 2020. "Bonus incentives and team effort levels: Evidence from the “Field”," Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Scottish Economic Society, vol. 67(5), pages 539-550, November.
- Jakob Alfitian & Dirk Sliwka & Timo Vogelsang, 2021. "When Bonuses Backfire: Evidence from the Workplace," Natural Field Experiments 00725, The Field Experiments Website.
- Jeffrey Carpenter & Andrea Robbett & Prottoy A. Akbar, 2018.
"Profit Sharing and Peer Reporting,"
Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 64(9), pages 4261-4276, September.
- Carpenter, Jeffrey P. & Robbett, Andrea & Akbar, Prottoy, 2016. "Profit Sharing and Peer Reporting," IZA Discussion Papers 9946, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Kathrin Manthei & Dirk Sliwka, 2019. "Multitasking and Subjective Performance Evaluations: Theory and Evidence from a Field Experiment in a Bank," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 65(12), pages 5861-5883, December.
- Hoffman, Mitchell & Burks, Stephen V., 2017.
"Training Contracts, Employee Turnover, and the Returns from Firm-Sponsored General Training,"
IZA Discussion Papers
10835, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Mitchell Hoffman & Stephen V. Burks, 2017. "Training Contracts, Employee Turnover, and the Returns from Firm-sponsored General Training," NBER Working Papers 23247, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Achyuta Adhvaryu & Namrata Kala & Anant Nyshadham, 2019. "Management and Shocks to Worker Productivity," NBER Working Papers 25865, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- R. Emre Aytimur, 2022. "On the optimality of competition within a team," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 43(3), pages 673-680, April.
- Mira Fischer & Rainer Michael Rilke & B. Burcin Yurtoglu, 2023. "When, and why, do teams benefit from self-selection?," Experimental Economics, Springer;Economic Science Association, vol. 26(4), pages 749-774, September.
- Frederiksen, Anders & Hansen, Daniel Baltzer Schjødt & Flaherty Manchester, Colleen, 2022. "Does Group-Based Incentive Pay Lead To Higher Productivity? Evidence from a Complex and Interdependent Industrial Production Process," IZA Discussion Papers 14986, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Kathrin Manthei & Dirk Sliwka & Timo Vogelsang, 2021. "Performance Pay and Prior Learning—Evidence from a Retail Chain," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 67(11), pages 6998-7022, November.
- Manthei, Kathrin & Sliwka, Dirk & Vogelsang, Timo, 2021. "Information Provision, Incentives, and Attention: A Field Experiment on Facilitating and Influencing Managers' Decisions," IZA Discussion Papers 14199, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Mylène Lagarde & Carlos Riumallo Herl, 2023. "Stronger together: Group incentives and the demand for prevention," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 23-0010/V, Tinbergen Institute.
- Block, Sidney T. & Friebel, Guido & Heinz, Matthias & Zubanov, Nick, 2022. "Mystery Shopping as a Strategic Management Practice in Multi-Site Firms," IZA Discussion Papers 15599, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Robert J. Niewoehner & Bradley R. Staats, 2022. "Focusing Provider Attention: An Empirical Examination of Incentives and Feedback in Flu Vaccinations," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 68(5), pages 3680-3702, May.
- Gall, Thomas & Hu, Xiaocheng & Vlassopoulos, Michael, 2016. "Dynamic Incentive Effects of Team Formation: Experimental Evidence," IZA Discussion Papers 10393, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Dirk Sliwka, 2020. "Bonuses and performance evaluations," IZA World of Labor, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), pages 478-478, July.
- Kuhn, Peter J. & Yu, Lizi, 2021. "Kinks as Goals: Accelerating Commissions and the Performance of Sales Teams," IZA Discussion Papers 14115, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Manthei, Kathrin & Sliwka, Dirk & Vogelsang, Timo, 2018. "Performance Pay and Prior Learning: Evidence from a Retail Chain," IZA Discussion Papers 11859, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Theresa Chaudhry & Zunia Tirmazee & Umair Ayaz, 2023. "Experimental Evidence on Group-based Attendance Bonuses in Team Production," Journal of South Asian Development, , vol. 18(1), pages 90-110, April.
- Florian Englmaier & Stefan Grimm & Dominik Grothe & David Schindler & Simeon Schudy, 2024.
"The Effect of Incentives in Nonroutine Analytical Team Tasks,"
Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 132(8), pages 2695-2747.
- Florian Englmaier & Stefan Grimm & Dominik Grothe & David Schindler & Simeon Schudy, 2018. "The Effect of Incentives in Non-Routine Analytical Team Tasks," CESifo Working Paper Series 6903, CESifo.
- Englmaier, Florian & Grimm, Stefan & Grothe, Dominik & Schindler, David & Schudy, Simeon, 2024. "The effect of incentives in non-routine analytical team tasks," Other publications TiSEM 59dcd2ae-f55c-4f75-a225-f, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management.
- Florian Englmaier & Stefan Grimm & Dominik Grothe & David Schindler & Simeon Schudy, 2023. "The Effect of Incentives in Non-Routine Analytical Team Tasks," Rationality and Competition Discussion Paper Series 468, CRC TRR 190 Rationality and Competition.
- ACCLASSATO HOUENSOU, Denis & SENOU, Melain Modeste, 2019. "Incentive scheme and productivity in microfinance institutions in Benin," MPRA Paper 95379, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 02 Aug 2019.
- Max Thon & Oliver Gürtler & Matthias Heinz & Kai Schäfer & Dirk Sliwka, 2024. "Strategic incentives in intermediary markets: Field-experimental evidence," ECONtribute Discussion Papers Series 297, University of Bonn and University of Cologne, Germany.