Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/172493 
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Year of Publication: 
2017
Publisher: 
Technische Universität München, München
Abstract: 
In many firms, production requires the division of staff into teams. If only team performance is observable, moral hazard in teams is inevitable. This variant of moral hazard can be overcome or exacerbated by the interpersonal relationships among team members. I investigate how the division of staff into teams should account for the agents' social network of interpersonal relationships. Considering piece rate compensation for teams, I identify rules for efficient team assignment. Depending on the shape of individual effort costs, team assignment follows either a maximin or maximax rule with regard to team members' willingness to cooperate. Generally, the preferences of staff for team composition can collide with efficient production. A universal mechanism guaranteeing efficiency while delegating responsibility for team assignment to the agents does not exist. Successful staffing thus requires knowledge of the interpersonal relationships at work and, at times, control instead of delegation.
Subjects: 
staffing
social preferences
social network
delegation
control
JEL: 
D74
D82
D85
M54
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Additional Information: 
This working paper/preprint is based on chapter II of my dissertation entitled "The Impact of Other-Regarding Preferences on Moral Hazard and Adverse Selection", which has been published under https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/?id=1356815 .
Document Type: 
Preprint

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