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Cracking the Code: Incentivising teams in non-routine tasks | with Florian Englmaier

Cracking the Code: Incentivising teams in non-routine tasks | with Florian Englmaier

Game Changer - the game theory podcast

September 25, 202330m 1s

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Show Notes

In this episode, our guest Florian Englmaier explores the effectiveness of monetary incentives in driving team efficiency and innovation. He shares insights from an experimental study conducted in an escape room setting, uncovering surprising findings about the impact of incentives on non-routine tasks and the emergence of leadership dynamics within teams.

Florian Englmaier is professor of organisational economics at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, Germany. His main research interests lie in the fields of the economics of organisations and human resources, where he focuses on agency problems in organisations.

You can find the papers on his studies conducted in the escape room setting here and here.