Arbeitspapier

The magic of the personal touch: Field experimental evidence on money appreciation as gifts

This paper makes use of two field experiments to explore individual effort responses to gifts. We extend the literature by looking at nonfinancial gifts and gifts that combine financial and nonfinancial elements with or without adding a 'personal touch.' We find that non-pecuniary gifts that signal worker appreciation induce reciprocity. Most importantly, we find that there are interaction effects between money and appreciation. While money and appreciation are individually effective, they only work well together when they are combined with a personal touch. This points to the importance of interpersonal elements in gift giving and has important implications for how to effectively elicit worker effort.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: ZEW Discussion Papers ; No. 16-043

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Field Experiments
Personnel Economics: Compensation and Compensation Methods and Their Effects
Thema
gift exchange
reciprocity
employee performance
pro-social behavior
gratitude
personal touch
field experiment

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Bradler, Christiane
Neckermann, Susanne
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
(wo)
Mannheim
(wann)
2016

Handle
URN
urn:nbn:de:bsz:180-madoc-412309
Letzte Aktualisierung
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Bradler, Christiane
  • Neckermann, Susanne
  • Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)

Entstanden

  • 2016

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