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Christine Harbring - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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performance appraisals and the impact of forced distribution an experimental investigation
Management Science, 2013Co-Authors: Johannes Berger, Christine Harbring, Dirk SliwkaAbstract:A real-effort experiment is investigated in which supervisors have to rate the performance of individual workers who in turn receive a bonus payment based on these ratings. We compare a baseline treatment in which supervisors are not restricted in their rating behavior to a forced distribution system in which they have to assign differentiated grades. We find that productivity is significantly higher under a forced distribution by about 6% to 12%. However, the productivity effects are less clear cut when participants have prior experience with the baseline condition. Moreover, a forced distribution becomes detrimental when workers have access to a simple option to Sabotage each other. This paper was accepted by Peter Wakker, decision analysis.
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Sabotage in tournaments evidence from a laboratory experiment
Management Science, 2011Co-Authors: Christine Harbring, Bernd IrlenbuschAbstract:Although relative performance schemes are pervasive in organizations, reliable empirical data on induced Sabotage behavior are almost nonexistent. We study Sabotage in repeated tournaments in a controlled laboratory experiment and observe that effort and Sabotage are higher for higher wage spreads. Additionally, we find that also in the presence of tournament incentives, agents react reciprocally to higher wages by exerting higher effort. Destructive activities are reduced by explicitly calling them by their name “Sabotage.” Communication among principal and agents can curb Sabotage when they agree on flat prize structures and increased output. If Sabotage is not possible, the principals choose tournament incentives more often. This paper was accepted by Peter Wakker, decision analysis.
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Sabotage in tournaments evidence from a laboratory experiment
2009Co-Authors: Christine Harbring, Bernd IrlenbuschAbstract:Although relative performance schemes are pervasive in organizations reliable empirical data on induced Sabotage behavior is almost non-existent. We study Sabotage in tournaments in a controlled laboratory experiment and are able to confirm one of the key insights from theory: effort and Sabotage increase with the wage spread. Additionally, we find that even in the presence of tournament incentives, agents react reciprocally to higher wages, which mitigates the Sabotage problem. Destructive activities are reduced by explicitly calling them by their name 'Sabotage'. Communication among principal and agents curbs Sabotage due to agreements on flat prize structures and increased output.
Bernd Irlenbusch - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Sabotage in tournaments evidence from a laboratory experiment
Management Science, 2011Co-Authors: Christine Harbring, Bernd IrlenbuschAbstract:Although relative performance schemes are pervasive in organizations, reliable empirical data on induced Sabotage behavior are almost nonexistent. We study Sabotage in repeated tournaments in a controlled laboratory experiment and observe that effort and Sabotage are higher for higher wage spreads. Additionally, we find that also in the presence of tournament incentives, agents react reciprocally to higher wages by exerting higher effort. Destructive activities are reduced by explicitly calling them by their name “Sabotage.” Communication among principal and agents can curb Sabotage when they agree on flat prize structures and increased output. If Sabotage is not possible, the principals choose tournament incentives more often. This paper was accepted by Peter Wakker, decision analysis.
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Sabotage in tournaments evidence from a laboratory experiment
2009Co-Authors: Christine Harbring, Bernd IrlenbuschAbstract:Although relative performance schemes are pervasive in organizations reliable empirical data on induced Sabotage behavior is almost non-existent. We study Sabotage in tournaments in a controlled laboratory experiment and are able to confirm one of the key insights from theory: effort and Sabotage increase with the wage spread. Additionally, we find that even in the presence of tournament incentives, agents react reciprocally to higher wages, which mitigates the Sabotage problem. Destructive activities are reduced by explicitly calling them by their name 'Sabotage'. Communication among principal and agents curbs Sabotage due to agreements on flat prize structures and increased output.
David D. Walker - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Getting Even for Customer Mistreatment: The Role of Moral Identity in the Relationship Between Customer Interpersonal Injustice and Employee Sabotage
Journal of Applied Psychology, 2008Co-Authors: Daniel P Skarlicki, Danielle D. Van Jaarsveld, David D. WalkerAbstract:Research on the "dark side" of organizational behavior has determined that employee Sabotage is most often a reaction by disgruntled employees to perceived mistreatment. To date, however, most studies on employee retaliation have focused on intra-organizational sources of (in)justice. Results from this field study of customer service representatives (N = 358) showed that interpersonal injustice from customers relates positively to customer-directed Sabotage over and above intra-organizational sources of fairness. Moreover, the association between unjust treatment and Sabotage was moderated by 2 dimensions of moral identity (symbolization and internalization) in the form of a 3-way interaction. The relationship between injustice and Sabotage was more pronounced for employees high (vs. low) in symbolization, but this moderation effect was weaker among employees who were high (vs. low) in internalization. Last, employee Sabotage was negatively related to job performance ratings.
Jay G Silverman - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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pregnancy coercion intimate partner violence and unintended pregnancy
Contraception, 2010Co-Authors: Elizabeth Miller, Heather L Mccauley, Daniel J Tancredi, Michele R Decker, Rebecca R Levenson, Jeffrey Waldman, Phyllis Schoenwald, Jay G SilvermanAbstract:Abstract Background Reproductive control including pregnancy coercion (coercion by male partners to become pregnant) and birth control Sabotage (partner interference with contraception) may be associated with partner violence and risk for unintended pregnancy among young adult females utilizing family planning clinic services. Study Design A cross-sectional survey was administered to females ages 16–29 years seeking care in five family planning clinics in Northern California ( N =1278). Results Fifty-three percent of respondents reported physical or sexual partner violence, 19% reported experiencing pregnancy coercion and 15% reported birth control Sabotage. One third of respondents reporting partner violence (35%) also reported reproductive control. Both pregnancy coercion and birth control Sabotage were associated with unintended pregnancy (AOR 1.83, 95% CI 1.36–2.46, and AOR 1.58, 95% CI 1.14–2.20, respectively). In analyses stratified by partner violence exposure, associations of reproductive control with unintended pregnancy persisted only among women with a history of partner violence. Conclusions Pregnancy coercion and birth control Sabotage are common among young women utilizing family planning clinics, and in the context of partner violence, are associated with increased risk for unintended pregnancy.
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male partner pregnancy promoting behaviors and adolescent partner violence findings from a qualitative study with adolescent females
Ambulatory Pediatrics, 2007Co-Authors: Elizabeth Miller, Michele R Decker, Elizabeth Reed, Anita Raj, Jeanne Hathaway, Jay G SilvermanAbstract:Objective To examine the context of pregnancy and sexual health among adolescent females with a history of intimate partner violence (IPV). This paper reports on a subset of females who described abusive male partners' explicit pregnancy-promoting behaviors (ie, messages and behaviors that led females to believe their partner was actively trying to impregnate them). Methods Semistructured interviews were conducted with 53 sexually active adolescent females, with known history of IPV, about violence, sexual experiences, and related behaviors. Interviews were analyzed using a content analysis approach; 14 interviews in which females reported that partners were actively trying to impregnate them were further analyzed for pregnancy and contraceptive use. Results Participants (N = 53) were aged 15 to 20 years, with notable minority representation, 21% African American (n = 11) and 38% Latina (n = 20). Over half (n = 31, 58%) had experienced pregnancy. A key finding was that approximately one quarter of participants (26%, n=14) reported that their abusive male partners were actively trying to get them pregnant. Females' stories revealed that abusive male partners desiring pregnancy manipulated condom use, Sabotaged birth control use, and made explicit statements about wanting her to become pregnant. Conclusions Pregnancy-promoting behaviors of male abusive partners may be one potential mechanism underlying associations between adolescent IPV and pregnancy. These findings suggest that exploring pregnancy intentions and behaviors of partners of sexually active adolescents may help to identify youth experiencing IPV. The frequency of birth control Sabotage and explicit attempts to cause pregnancy in adolescent IPV needs to be examined at the population level.
Cynthia S Wang - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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why Sabotage customers who mistreat you activated hostility and subsequent devaluation of targets as a moral disengagement mechanism
Journal of Applied Psychology, 2019Co-Authors: Yushan Sandy Huang, Rebecca L Greenbaum, Julena M Bonner, Cynthia S WangAbstract:We utilize the social intuitionist approach to moral judgment and moral disengagement theory to understand why and when employees Sabotage customers. We contend that when customers mistreat employees (i.e., customer mistreatment), employees experience intuitive emotional reactions in the form of hostility, which automatically activates devaluation of targets, a specific facet of moral disengagement. In turn, employees become unencumbered by moral self-regulation and Sabotage customers who mistreat them (i.e., customer-directed Sabotage). We further argue that our serially mediated model is moderated by employees' perceptions of the organization's ethical climate. When ethical climates are perceived as being low, employees' hostile reactions toward misbehaving customers produce a positive relationship with devaluation of targets, and devaluation of targets results in a positive relationship with customer-directed Sabotage. These positive relationships do not hold when ethical climate is perceived as being high. We test our theoretical model using a field sample of customer service employees and an experimental study to establish causality. Our results provide general support for our hypotheses. We discuss theoretical and practical implications and opportunities for future research. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).
