Artikel
Smartphone bans and workplace performance
This paper constitutes the first economic investigation into the potential detrimental role of smartphones in the workplace based on a field experiment. We exploit the conduct of a nationwide telephone survey, for which interviewers were recruited to work individually and in single offices for half a day. This setting allows to randomly impose bans on the use of interviewers' personal smartphones during worktime while ruling out information spillovers between treatment conditions. Although the ban was not enforceable, we observe substantial effort increases from banning smartphones in the routine task of calling households, without negative implications linked to perceived employer distrust. Analyzing the number of conducted interviews per interviewer suggests that higher efforts do not necessarily translate into economic benefits for the employer. In our broad discussion of smartphone bans and their potential impact on workplace performance, we consider further outcomes of economic relevance based on data from employee surveys and administrative phone records. Finally, we complement the findings of our field experiment with evidence from a survey experiment and a survey among managers.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Journal: Experimental Economics ; ISSN: 1573-6938 ; Volume: 25 ; Year: 2021 ; Issue: 1 ; Pages: 287-317 ; New York, NY: Springer US
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Personnel Economics: General
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Field Experiments
- Thema
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Smartphone ban
Control
Trust
Workplace behavior
Effort choice
Field experiment
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Chadi, Adrian
Mechtel, Mario
Mertins, Vanessa
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Springer US
- (wo)
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New York, NY
- (wann)
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2021
- DOI
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doi:10.1007/s10683-021-09715-w
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Artikel
Beteiligte
- Chadi, Adrian
- Mechtel, Mario
- Mertins, Vanessa
- Springer US
Entstanden
- 2021
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