Although a great deal of effort in tasks, projects, and jobs is fueled by our interactions and
relationships, psychologists have often overlooked the social forces that shape work …

This chapter reviews studies conducted in naturally occurring work environments or in the
laboratory on the impact of the provision of performance feedback and peer effects on …

Relative-pay concerns have potentially broad labor market implications. In a month-long
experiment with Indian manufacturing workers, we randomize whether coworkers within …

A rising share of employees now regularly engage in working from home (WFH), but there
are concerns this can lead to “shirking from home.” We report the results of a WFH …

When effort is observable to peers, students may try to avoid social penalties by conforming
to prevailing norms. To test this hypothesis, we first consider a natural experiment that …

Unethical behavior within organizations is not rare. We investigate experimentally the role of
status-seeking behavior in sabotage and cheating activities aiming at improving one's …

This paper reports the results from a controlled field experiment designed to investigate the
causal effect of unannounced, public recognition on employee performance. We hired more …

We study the impact of a public school choice lottery in Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools on
college enrollment and degree completion. We find a significant overall increase in college …

Public relative performance feedback (RPF) on an individual worker's productivity metrics is
used in various organizations with the hopes of improving worker productivity, but its effects …

Rank-order relative-performance evaluation, in which pay, promotion, symbolic awards, and
educational achievement depend on the rank of individuals in the distribution of …