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| Title: | | Awards at work  |
| Authors: | | Neckermann, Susanne Cueni, Reto Frey, Bruno S. |
| Issue Date: | | 2012 |
| Series/Report no.: | | ZEW Discussion Papers 12-004 |
| Abstract: | | Social incentives like employee awards are widespread in the corporate sector and may be important instruments for solving agency problems. To date, we have little understanding of their effect on behavior. Unique panel data from the call center of a Fortune 500 financial services provider allow us to estimate the impact of awards on performance. Winning an award for voluntary work behaviors significantly increases subsequent core call center performance. The effect is short-lived, mainly driven by underperforming agents, and is reflected mostly in dimensions of the job that are hard to observe.We discuss various theories that could explain the effect. |
| Subjects: | | Awards Motivation Non-monetary Compensation Insider Econometrics |
| JEL: | | C23 J33 M52 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Publikationen von Forscherinnen und Forschern des ZEW ZEW Discussion Papers
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