scholarly journals The More You Know: Information Effects on Job Application Rates in a Large Field Experiment

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Gee
Keyword(s):  
Field Experiment ◽  
Large Field ◽  
Information Effects ◽  
Application Rates ◽  
Job Application

The influence of first name valence on the likelihood of receiving help: A field experiment

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Busching ◽  
Johannes Lutz
Keyword(s):  
Field Experiment ◽  
Helping Behavior ◽  
Job Applicants ◽  
High Status ◽  
Job Application ◽  
E Mail ◽  
Status Position

A field experiment was conducted to test whether the likelihood of receiving help is affected by the valence of the person in need’s first name. It was expected that people bearing devalued names would receive less help compared to individuals with liked first names. It was further tested if the proposed effect was driven by a general devaluation of stigmatized names or the application of name-associated stereotypes.Participants (N = 631) received e-mails containing an ostensibly missent reply to another person’s job application. The applicant’s first name was either positive or negative and the job offered was either a low-status or a high-status position. Participants could help the alleged applicant by informing the sender that the e-mail was sent to the wrong address.For low-status job applicants, name valence had no effect on participants’ helping behavior. By contrast, for high status positions, applicants with negative names received less help compared to participants with a positive name.

WHAT DO WE HAVE IN-COMMON? OVERCOMING THE NOT-INVENTED-HERE SYNDROME THROUGH RECATEGORISATION

2021 ◽  
pp. 2150070
Author(s):  
MARION A. WEISSENBERGER-EIBL ◽  
TIM HAMPEL
Keyword(s):  
Field Experiment ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Group Identity ◽  
Large Field ◽  
External Knowledge ◽  
Identity Model ◽  
Research Gap ◽  
The Common ◽  
Dual Identities

The not-invented-here (NIH) syndrome describes a negatively-shaped attitude of employees towards externally generated knowledge. Despite being cited as one of the largest barriers in the transfer of external knowledge, empirical evidence on interventions to overcome NIH remains scarce. To address this research gap, we design a brief and specificrecategorisational-intervention on basis of the common in-group identity model in order to change employees’ attitudes towards external knowledge directly. Additionally, we take into account the effects of affirmations as a frequently mentioned countermeasure to NIH and also investigate the role of dual identities in recategorisation. To test our hypothesis, we conducted a large field experiment with a total of 1,097 employees within a multinational organisation. Results revealed that (I) organisational identification and status are positively related to higher levels of NIH, (II) a recategorisational-intervention completely removes the NIH bias and leads to a significant increase in the evaluation of external knowledge.

Getting the Rich and Powerful to Give

2019 ◽  
Vol 65 (9) ◽  
pp. 4049-4062 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judd B. Kessler ◽  
Katherine L. Milkman ◽  
C. Yiwei Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Economics ◽  
Field Experiment ◽  
Sense Of Agency ◽  
Large Field ◽  
Psychology Research ◽  
Intensive Margin ◽  
Ivy League ◽  
Tailored Interventions ◽  
The Rich

What motivates the rich and powerful to exhibit generosity? We explore this important question in a large field experiment. We solicit donations from 32,174 alumni of an Ivy League university, including thousands of rich and powerful alumni. Consistent with past psychology research, we find that the rich and powerful respond dramatically, and differently than others, to being given a sense of agency over the use of donated funds. Gifts from rich and powerful alumni increase by 100%–350% when they are given a sense of agency. This response arises primarily on the intensive margin with no effect on the likelihood of donating. Results suggest that motivating the rich and powerful to act may require tailored interventions. This paper was accepted by Uri Gneezy, behavioral economics.

scholarly journals Cyber-Shilling in Automobile Auctions: Evidence from a Field Experiment

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 85-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Grether ◽  
David Porter ◽  
Matthew Shum
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Field Experiment ◽  
Large Field ◽  
Ascending Auctions ◽  
Seller Behavior

We run a large field experiment with an online company specializing in selling used automobiles via ascending auctions. We manipulate experimentally the “price grid,” or the possible amounts that bidders can bid above the current standing price. Using two diverse auction sites, one in New York and one in Texas, we find that buyer and seller behavior differs strikingly across the two sites. Specifically, in Texas we find peculiar patterns of bidding among a small but prominent group of buyers suggesting that they are “cyber-shills” working on behalf of sellers. These patterns do not appear in the New York auctions. (JEL C93, D12, D44, L62, L81)

scholarly journals Mobile Messaging for Offline Group Formation in Prosocial Activities: A Large Field Experiment

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tianshu Sun ◽  
Guodong (Gordon) Gao ◽  
Ginger Zhe Jin
Keyword(s):  
Field Experiment ◽  
Group Formation ◽  
Large Field

Temporal Stability of Soil Moisture in a Large-Field Experiment in Spain

2003 ◽  
Vol 67 (6) ◽  
pp. 1647-1656 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Martínez-Fernández ◽  
Antonio Ceballos
Keyword(s):  
Soil Moisture ◽  
Field Experiment ◽  
Temporal Stability ◽  
Large Field
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