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Management Science | 2017

When the Meaning of Work Has Disappeared: Experimental Evidence on Employees’ Performance and Emotions

Adrian Chadi; Sabrina Jeworrek; Vanessa Mertins

This experiment tests for a causal relationship between the meaning of work and employees’ motivation to perform well. The study builds on an existing employer–employee relationship, adding realism to the ongoing research of task meaning. Owing to an unexpected project cancelation, we are able to study how varying the information provided about the meaning of previously conducted work—without the use of deception, but still maintaining a high level of control—affects subsequent performance. We observe a strong decline in exerted effort when we inform workers about the meaninglessness of a job already done. Our data also suggests that providing a supplemental alternative meaning perfectly compensates for this negative performance effect. Individual characteristics such as reciprocal inclinations and trust prompt different reactions. The data also show that the meaning of work affects workers’ emotions, but we cannot establish a clear relationship between emotional responses and performance. Data, as supple...


Zeitschrift für Hochschulentwicklung | 2008

Problemorientiertes Lernen durch Experimententwicklung - Das Beispiel eines Seminars "Experimentelle Ökonomie und Vertrauen"

Henrik Egbert; Vanessa Mertins

Der vorliegende Text fokussiert die Umsetzung des problemorientierten Lernens im Rahmen eines wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Seminars. Wir geben unsere Erfahrung aus einer Hauptstudiumsveranstaltung Experimentelle Okonomie wieder. Ziel der Veranstaltung war die Vertiefung ausgewahlter verhaltensokonomischer Themen sowie das Erlernen der experimentellen Methode. Wir zeigen, dass Studenten in der Lage sind, eigenstandig Variationen von okonomischen Experimenten zu entwickeln und umzusetzen. Dadurch finden sie einen besseren inhaltlichen Themenzugang als bei herkommlichen Lehrexperimenten; gleichzeitig werden sie fur okonomische Experimente sensibilisiert. Auserdem erweitern die Studenten ihre Handlungs- und sozialen Kompetenzen, weil sie ihre Fahigkeit zur eigenverantwortlichen Bearbeitung komplexer Probleme innerhalb einer Gruppenstruktur schulen. 02.01.2008 | Henrik Egbert (Giesen) & Vanessa Mertins (Saarbrucken)


PLOS ONE | 2011

Genetic Susceptibility for Individual Cooperation Preferences: The Role of Monoamine Oxidase A Gene (MAOA) in the Voluntary Provision of Public Goods

Vanessa Mertins; Andrea B. Schote; Wolfgang Hoffeld; Michele Griessmair; Jobst Meyer


Managerial and Decision Economics | 2015

Do Overconfident Workers Cooperate Less? The Relationship Between Overconfidence and Cooperation in Team Production

Vanessa Mertins; Wolfgang Hoffeld


Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics | 2013

Variants of the Monoamine Oxidase A Gene (MAOA) Predict Free-riding Behavior in Women in a Strategic Public Goods Experiment

Vanessa Mertins; Andrea B. Schote; Jobst Meyer


Journal of Economic Psychology | 2013

Risk-sorting and preference for team piece rates

Agnes Bäker; Vanessa Mertins


International Review of Economics Education | 2010

Experiential Learning with Experiments

Henrik Egbert; Vanessa Mertins


Archive | 2008

Procedural Satisfaction Matters - Procedural Fairness does not: An Experiment Studying the Effects of Procedural Judgments on Outcome Acceptance

Vanessa Mertins


Journal of Socio-economics | 2013

The Effects of Individual Judgments about Selection Procedures: Results from a Power-to-Resist Game

Vanessa Mertins; Henrik Egbert; Tanja Könen


Archive | 2008

The effects of Procedures on Social Interaction: A Literature Review

Vanessa Mertins

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Sabrina Jeworrek

Halle Institute for Economic Research

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Agnes Bäker

University of Tübingen

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Heiner Schumacher

Goethe University Frankfurt

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