Peers at work: Evidence from the lab.
This paper reports the results of a lab experiment designed to study the role of observability for peer effects in the setting of a simple production task. In our experiment, participants in the role of workers engage in a team real-effort task. We vary whether they can observe, or be observed by, o...
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| author | Roel van Veldhuizen Hessel Oosterbeek Joep Sonnemans |
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| description | This paper reports the results of a lab experiment designed to study the role of observability for peer effects in the setting of a simple production task. In our experiment, participants in the role of workers engage in a team real-effort task. We vary whether they can observe, or be observed by, one of their co-workers. In contrast to earlier findings from the field, we find no evidence that low-productivity workers perform better when they are observed by high-productivity co-workers. Instead, our results imply that peer effects in our experiment are heterogeneous, with some workers reciprocating a high-productivity co-worker but others taking the opportunity to free ride. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-225df2ed824f4de4ac7f9281029f46232022-12-21T18:22:11ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032018-01-01132e019203810.1371/journal.pone.0192038Peers at work: Evidence from the lab.Roel van VeldhuizenHessel OosterbeekJoep SonnemansThis paper reports the results of a lab experiment designed to study the role of observability for peer effects in the setting of a simple production task. In our experiment, participants in the role of workers engage in a team real-effort task. We vary whether they can observe, or be observed by, one of their co-workers. In contrast to earlier findings from the field, we find no evidence that low-productivity workers perform better when they are observed by high-productivity co-workers. Instead, our results imply that peer effects in our experiment are heterogeneous, with some workers reciprocating a high-productivity co-worker but others taking the opportunity to free ride.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5800692?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Roel van Veldhuizen Hessel Oosterbeek Joep Sonnemans Peers at work: Evidence from the lab. PLoS ONE |
| title | Peers at work: Evidence from the lab. |
| title_full | Peers at work: Evidence from the lab. |
| title_fullStr | Peers at work: Evidence from the lab. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Peers at work: Evidence from the lab. |
| title_short | Peers at work: Evidence from the lab. |
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