Arbeitspapier
The Effect of Noise in a Performance Measure on Work Motivation
This paper reports the results of an individual real effort laboratory experiment where subjects are paid for measured performance. Measured performance equals actual performance plus noise. We compare a stable environment where the noise is small with a volatile environment where the noise is large. Subjects exert significantly more effort in the volatile environment than in the stable environment. This finding is in line with standard agency theory and contrasts a distinct element of expectancy theory; noisier performance measures do not lower work motivation.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper ; No. 08-074/1
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Individual
Compensation Packages; Payment Methods
Personnel Economics: Compensation and Compensation Methods and Their Effects
- Thema
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Performance measurement
noise
work motivation
experiments
agency theory
expectancy theory
Leistungsmotivation
Performance-Management
Test
Prinzipal-Agent-Theorie
Erwartungstheorie
Theorie
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Sloof, Randolph
van Praag, C. Mirjam
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
- (wer)
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Tinbergen Institute
- (wo)
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Amsterdam and Rotterdam
- (wann)
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2008
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Sloof, Randolph
- van Praag, C. Mirjam
- Tinbergen Institute
Entstanden
- 2008
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