Adverse effects of control ? Evidence from a field experiment

Herz, Holger; Zihlmann, Christian (2024). Adverse effects of control ? Evidence from a field experiment Experimental Economics, 27(2), pp. 469-488. Springer 10.1007/s10683-024-09823-3

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We conduct a field experiment with Amazon Mechanical Turk (“AMT”) workers to causally assess the effect of introducing a control mechanism in an existing work relationship on workers’ performance on tasks of varying difficulty. We find that introducing control significantly reduces performance. This reduction occurs pri- marily on challenging tasks, while performance on simple tasks is unaffected. The negative effects are primarily driven by workers who exhibit non-pecuniary moti- vation in the absence of control. Our results show that there are adverse effects of control, and they suggest that these adverse effects are of particular concern to firms that rely on high performance on challenging tasks.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	Business School > Institute for Applied Data Science & Finance Business School > Institute for Applied Data Science & Finance > Finance, Accounting and Tax Business School
Name:	Herz, Holger and Zihlmann, Christian0000-0002-7394-5334
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management
ISSN:	1573-6938
Publisher:	Springer
Submitter:	Christian Zihlmann
Date Deposited:	03 Jun 2024 14:58
Last Modified:	16 Jun 2024 01:40
Publisher DOI:	10.1007/s10683-024-09823-3
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Control Remote work Experiment Crowding out
ARBOR DOI:	10.24451/arbor.21937
URI:	https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/21937