Papers by Katharina Laske
People frequently break rules. Such rule-breaking behavior is manifold. Not only does it manifest... more People frequently break rules. Such rule-breaking behavior is manifold. Not only does it manifest itself in unethical behavior, such as the violation of legal or moral standards, but also in innovating behavior, when e.g., existing conventions and habits are overcome. Consequently, depending on the situation and environment, rule-breaking may be either strictly condemned or highly socially approved. This thesis deals with the investigation and identification of the behavioral mechanisms underlying these two distinct classes of rule-breaking behavior. In today’s economy, innovation is an essential determinant of an organization’s competitiveness and economic success. Hence, generating creative ideas and finding unorthodox approaches to existing problems is becoming increasingly relevant and understanding how to facilitate this idea generation process is clearly important. We therefore study how creative performance can be fostered, in particular focusing on two factors – incentives a...
In a novel real-effort setting, we experimentally study the effects of different communication me... more In a novel real-effort setting, we experimentally study the effects of different communication media on creative performance in a collaborative tasks. We find that creative performance significantly decreases when group members communicate via chat instead of face-to-face. However, we find no significant difference between performances of groups that communicate via video conferences as compared to face-to-face. Thus, we provide evidence that barriers to creativity in virtual teams can be mitigated by real-time video conference communication.
We introduce a novel experimental design in which creativity is incentivized and measured along t... more We introduce a novel experimental design in which creativity is incentivized and measured along three dimensions: quantity, quality and originality of ideas. We implement piece rate incentives for quantity alone, quantity in combination with quality and quantity in combination with originality and compare the results to a baseline with a fixed wage. We find that incentives significantly affect the quantity and average quality of ideas, but not the average originality. Incentives for both quantity and originality perform best in fostering innovative ideas.
Introduction 2 Project Background 3 LPP Employer Survey 3.1 Contents of employer survey questionn... more Introduction 2 Project Background 3 LPP Employer Survey 3.1 Contents of employer survey questionnaires "HR work and corporate culture" 3.2 Sample for the LPP employer survey 3.3 Field phase pattern and data check 3.4 Results and projection 4 Employee Survey 4.1 Contents of employee survey questionnaires 4.2 Employee sample 4.3 Field phase of the employee survey 4.4 Response and weighting 4.5 Agreement to panel participation and merging of data 5 LPP data linkage 6 Conclusion References FDZ-Methodenreport 05/2015
Forschungskooperation des Bundesministeriums fur Arbeit und Soziales (BMAS) - Endbericht im Proje... more Forschungskooperation des Bundesministeriums fur Arbeit und Soziales (BMAS) - Endbericht im Projekt - Stand: 30. November 2017.
We compare the performance of teams with that of individuals in a simple creative task – generati... more We compare the performance of teams with that of individuals in a simple creative task – generating a title for a short video. To measure performance, we assess the quality of titles using click ra...
Unethical behavior is widespread, with large economic consequences. Understand- ing how to deter ... more Unethical behavior is widespread, with large economic consequences. Understand- ing how to deter it is important. In experiments in which participants can lie to achieve an economic advantage, we systematically vary the fine and probability associated with being audited. In all our experiments, lying decreases with the size of the fine. For probabilities, the results are mixed: when participants decide only once, and deterrence parameters are presented in isolation, lying behavior is insensitive to changes in detection probabilities. However, when individuals can compare different detection probabilities, or when they experience the same probability level over time in a repeated setting, lying decreases with higher detection probabilities. In all settings, changes in the magnitude of fines are more effective than equivalent changes in expected earnings obtained by altering the probability of punishment. We organize previous findings in light of our results and propose policy interve...
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Papers by Katharina Laske