Arbeitspapier
The currency of reciprocity - gift-exchange in the workplace
What determines reciprocity in employment relations? We conducted a controlled field experiment to measure the extent to which monetary and non-monetary gifts affect workers' performance. We find that nonmonetary gifts have a much stronger impact than monetary gifts of equivalent value. We also observe that when workers are offered the choice, they prefer receiving the money but reciprocate as if they received a nonmonetary gift. This result is consistent with the common saying, 'it's the thought that counts.' We underline this point by showing that also monetary gifts can effectively trigger reciprocity if the employer invests more time and effort into the gift's presentation.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: KIT Working Paper Series in Economics ; No. 25
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Field Experiments
Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: General
- Thema
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field experiment
reciprocity
gift exchange
non-monetary gifts
in-kind gifts
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Kube, Sebastian
Maréchal, Michel André
Puppe, Clemens
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre (ECON)
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Karlsruhe
- (wann)
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2011
- DOI
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doi:10.5445/IR/1000022999
- Handle
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:swb:90-229999
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Kube, Sebastian
- Maréchal, Michel André
- Puppe, Clemens
- Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre (ECON)
Entstanden
- 2011
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