Should managers use team-based contests?

Management Science

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2823-2836

  Chen, Hua ^a   Lim, Noah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral economics; Contests; Experimental economics; Group incentives

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS; CONTESTS; EFFORT DECISION; EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS; GROUP INCENTIVES; INDIVIDUAL-BASED;

ECONOMICS; MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84890940089     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2013.1743     Document Type: Article

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