The Effect of Relative Performance Information on Performance and Effort Allocation in a Multi-Task Environment

Published: Jul 26, 2012
Abstract
This study investigates how relative performance information (RPI) affects employee performance and allocation of effort across tasks in a multi-task environment. Based on behavioral theories, we predict that the social comparison process inherent in RPI induces both a motivation effect that results in increased effort as well as an effort distortion effect that results in the distortion of effort allocations across tasks away from the...
Paper Details
Title
The Effect of Relative Performance Information on Performance and Effort Allocation in a Multi-Task Environment
Published Date
Jul 26, 2012
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