Gift exchange, control, and cyberloafing: A real-effort experiment

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• 作者：Alexander K. Koch ^{akoch@econ.au.dk" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Julia Nafziger ; ^{jnafziger@econ.au.dk" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：C91 ; D03 ; J33 ; M52
• 刊名：Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：November 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：131
• 期：part_PA
• 页码：409-426
• 全文大小：1315 K

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d="p0005">In a lab experiment with real effort, we investigate how the temptation of the internet and a manager's decision whether to restrict workers’ access to it affect the morale of workers.

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d="p0010">When tempted by internet access, workers reciprocate fair wages less than without access.

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d="p0015">Yet, a manager's decision to actively grant internet access might increase workers’ effort.

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d="p0020">Highly reciprocal workers perceive the &ldquo;freedom from control&rdquo; as a gift which they reciprocate with high effort despite the temptation of the internet.

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