Incentives and cooperation in firms: Field evidence

Arbeitspapier

We empirically investigate the impact of incentive scheme structure on the degree of cooperation in firms using a unique and representative data set. Combining employee survey data with detailed firm level information on the relative importance of individual, team, and company performance for compensation, we find a significant positive relation between the intensity of team incentives and several survey measures of cooperation. Moreover, higher powered team incentives are associated with lower degrees of absenteeism while this is not the case for individual incentives.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 5618

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights ; Compensation Packages; Payment Methods ; Personnel Economics: Compensation and Compensation Methods and Their Effects ; Personnel Economics: Labor Management
• Subject: incentives ; cooperation ; teams ; helping effort ; Arbeitsgruppe ; Leistungsanreiz ; Kooperation ; Fehlzeit ; Schätzung ; Deutschland

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Berger, Johannes ; Herbertz, Claus ; Sliwka, Dirk
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2011

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/52078
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-201104114052
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET