DO WAGE CUTS DAMAGE WORK MORALE? EVIDENCE FROM A NATURAL FIELD EXPERIMENT
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Do Wage Cuts Damage Work Morale? Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment
Employment contracts are often incomplete, leaving many responsibilities subject to workers’ discretion. High work morale is therefore essential for sustaining voluntary cooperation and high productivity in firms. We conducted a field experiment to test whether workers reciprocate wage cuts and raises with low or high work productivity. Wage cuts had a detrimental and persistent impact on produ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the European Economic Association
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1542-4766
DOI: 10.1111/jeea.12022