Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/86199 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 07-040/1
Publisher: 
Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam and Rotterdam
Abstract: 
Organization differ in the degree to which they differentiate employees by ability. We analyse how the effect of differentiation on employee morale may explain this variation. By comparing employees using ordinary talk, a manager boosts the self-image of some, but hurts that of others. Whether the net effect is positive for the organization depends on the degree of synergy between employees and on the shape of their objective function. An implication for relative performance pay is that it yields a double dividend or constitutes a double-edged sword.
Subjects: 
Comparisons
Confidence
Teams
Cheap talk
JEL: 
D82
L23
J31
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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