... as an incentive mechanism, hoping that peer pressure can alleviate the informational problems associated with each single worker's production (Kandel and Lazear, 1992). Team work and team production presents additional challenges for the firm concerning workforce sickness absence. This can be more costly...

... for the importance of informal contacts. Team working Innovation Social networks © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Informal contacts arise from the people's needs for relatedness, affiliation and security and emerge spontaneously (Huse and Bowditch, 1977). However, informal contacts...

... description, see Pritchard, 1990). Performance related pay Team working Social values Organizational performance People often work together in groups to accomplish various goals. Sport teams, juries, rock groups, construction crews, government assemblies, and research groups are but a few...