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We study the interaction between horizontal (peer) and vertical (manager) social factors in workers' motivation. In our setting, individuals work using open-plan desks. Using a natural experiment, we identify a sharp inc...Read more...
Diego Battiston, Jordi Blanes i Vidal, Tom Kirchmaier and Katalin Szemeredi
1 June 2023
Tournaments are designed to enhance participants? effort and productivity. However, ranking near the top may increase psychological pressure and reduce performance. We empirically study the impact of interim rank on perf...Read more...
Eleni Garbi, Christos Genakos and Mario Pagliero
17 April 2015
This paper presents an overview of our current state of knowledge regarding poor motivation of 14-16 year old school pupils in the UK. A number of experts in the field from a variety of disciplines presented papers on th...Read more...
Hilary Steedman and Sheila Stoney
October 2004