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February 5, 2020

Student feedback has little effect on teacher behavior

Male teachers largely seem to ignore feedback from students

  • evaluation
  • feedback
  • performance
  • students
  • teachers
  • Josse Delfgaauw
  • Margaretha Buurman
  • Robert Dur
  • Robin Zoutenbier
Research

March 15, 2018

The impact of self-selection on performance

Our behavior is strongly influenced by comparisons with others. These “others” are not usually assigned to us, but we choose […]

  • choice
  • experiment
  • field experiment
  • motivation
  • peer effects
  • performance
  • preferences
  • self-selection
  • Jonas Radbruch
  • Lukas Kießling
  • Sebastian Schaube
Research

May 5, 2017

Do longer working hours decrease performance?

Working hours vary substantially, both between and within countries, due to differences in the regulation of the standard workweek and […]

  • fatigue
  • part-time
  • performance
  • productivity
  • service jobs
  • working hours
  • Jan Sauermann
  • Marion Collewet
Research

February 3, 2016

Employee incentives: Bonuses or penalties?

A large empirical literature supports the view that linking payment to performance is highly effective in raising productivity. However, often […]

  • bonus
  • Employee incentives
  • employee performance
  • employment contracts
  • incentives
  • IZA World of Labor
  • loss aversion
  • pay penalty
  • penalty
  • performance
  • Daniele Nosenzo
  • Donald V. Moser
  • R. Lynn Hannan
  • Vicky B. Hoffman
Research

August 27, 2015

How setting the right goals can boost business productivity

Businesses require motivated and productive employees. Monetary incentives, such as pay-for-performance schemes are a popular tool to encourage better employee […]

  • business
  • employee motivation
  • goal-setting approaches
  • goals
  • monetary incentives
  • monitoring
  • performance
  • production goals
  • productivity
  • project milestones
  • real-time feedback
  • risk-taking
  • SMART
  • smart goal setting
  • unethical behavior
  • Sebastian J. Goerg
  • Sebastian Kube
Research

September 22, 2014

Grades and rank: How do they affect student effort?

The educational system is built upon a sequence of tests to measure student performance. Improving student performance is a key […]

  • grades
  • incentive
  • motivation
  • performance
  • ranking
  • school
  • students
  • Sweden
  • teachers
  • test scores
  • Elin Pellas
  • Juanna Schrøter Joensen
  • Nina Jalava
Research

September 2, 2014

Using employee recognition to boost productivity

Good bosses know that recognition and words of appreciation are key tools to motivate employes and increase productivity. But what […]

  • effort
  • employees
  • field experiment
  • motivation
  • performance
  • recognition
  • reward
  • Arjan Non
  • Christiane Bradler
  • Robert Dur
  • Susanne Neckermann
Research

April 14, 2014

Knowing that you matter, matters: the luck of having a meaningful job

What if somebody told you that your job was completely irrelevant and useless? Would you still work with the same […]

  • China
  • field experiment
  • meaning
  • monetary incentives
  • motivation
  • performance
  • recognition
  • student
  • Michael Kosfeld
  • Susanne Neckermann
  • Xiaolan Yang
Research

October 25, 2013

Relative bonus payment schemes do not increase performance

Many firms run employee-of-the-month or job promotion contests. Stock brokers get additional money if they beat the index. Bonus payment […]

  • bonus payment
  • effort
  • field experiment
  • Netherlands
  • performance
  • work incentives
  • Arjan Non
  • Josse Delfgaauw
  • Robert Dur
  • Willem Verbeke
Research

August 19, 2013

New evidence from soccer tournaments: three days of rest are enough

Professional European soccer players have to play about 50 games each year. In 90 minutes they run up to 14 […]

  • fatigue
  • performance
  • soccer
  • sports
  • Vincenzo Scoppa

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