caa a22 4500 605489092 CHVBK 20210128100458.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10683-014-9401-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10683-014-9401-4 Why real leisure really matters: incentive effects on real effort in the laboratory [Elektronische Daten] [Brice Corgnet, Roberto Hernán-González, Eric Schniter] On-the-job leisure is a pervasive feature of the modern workplace. We studied its impact on work performance in a laboratory experiment by either allowing or restricting Internet access. We used a 2×2 experimental design in which subjects completing real-effort work tasks could earn cash according to either individual- or team-production incentive schemes. Under team pay, production levels were significantly lower when Internet browsing was available than when it was not. Under individual pay, however, no differences in production levels were observed between the treatment in which Internet was available and the treatment in which it was not. In line with standard incentive theory, individual pay outperformed team pay across all periods of the experiment when Internet browsing was available. This was not the case, however, when Internet browsing was unavailable. These results demonstrate that the integration of on-the-job leisure activities into an experimental labor design is crucial for uncovering incentive effects. Economic Science Association, 2014 Incentive nationallicence Free riding nationallicence Internet access nationallicence Experimental method nationallicence Corgnet Brice Argyros School of Business and Economics, Chapman University, Economic Science Institute, Chapman University, One University Drive, 92866, Orange, CA, USA aut Hernán-González Roberto Economics Department, University of Granada, Campus Universitario de La Cartuja, 18071, Granada, Spain aut Schniter Eric Argyros School of Business and Economics, Chapman University, Economic Science Institute, Chapman University, One University Drive, 92866, Orange, CA, USA aut Experimental Economics Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 18/2(2015-06-01), 284-301 1386-4157 18:2<284 2015 18 10683 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10683-014-9401-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10683-014-9401-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Corgnet Brice Argyros School of Business and Economics, Chapman University, Economic Science Institute, Chapman University, One University Drive, 92866, Orange, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hernán-González Roberto Economics Department, University of Granada, Campus Universitario de La Cartuja, 18071, Granada, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Schniter Eric Argyros School of Business and Economics, Chapman University, Economic Science Institute, Chapman University, One University Drive, 92866, Orange, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Experimental Economics Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 18/2(2015-06-01), 284-301 1386-4157 18:2<284 2015 18 10683