Do we prefer coworkers who are better or worse than us? Evidence from the 'weakest link' game

Academy of Management 2005 Annual Meeting: A New Vision of Management in the 21st Century, AOM 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Pillutla, Madan ^a   Ronson, Sarah ^a  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Incentives; Mixed motives

Indexed keywords

GROUP PERFORMANCE; HIERARCHICAL ORGANIZATIONS; INCENTIVES; MIXED-MOTIVES; WEAKEST LINKS;

COMPETITION;

EID: 85088339059     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.5465/ambpp.2005.18778536     Document Type: Conference Paper

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