We theoretically and experimentally analyze the role of verifiability and privacy in strategic performance feedback …-serving biases and engage in non-Bayesian social comparisons in their interpretation of performance feedback. …

different performance technologies. We consider a setting where the principal can provide truthful information on agents …’ performances or strategically withhold feedback. We find that if team performance is determined by the best performer (the "best …, in which case no feedback is best. If, on the other hand, team performance is determined by the worst performer (the …

We ran a field experiment to investigate whether individual performance in teams depends on the gender of the leader … work of the team. We find a positive and significant effect of female leadership on team performance. This effect is driven … by the higher performance of team members in female led teams rather than due to an improvement in the leader …

We model organizational decision making as costless pre-play communication. Decision making is called authoritarian if … mutual trust to implement socially optimal outcomes. -- Organizational decision making ; coordination games ; communication …

literature emphasizes the idea that cash-based bonus plans play an important communication role in which a board’s performance …