Does competition enhance performance or cheating?: a laboratory experiment

In this paper, we experimentally test whether competing for a desired reward does not only affect individuals’ performance, but also their tendency to cheat. Recent doping scandals in sports as well as forgery and plagiarism scandals in academia have been partially explained by “competitive pressure...

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Main Authors: Schwieren, Christiane (Author) , Weichselbaumer, Doris (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 2010
In: Journal of economic psychology
Year: 2010, Volume: 31, Issue: 3, Pages: 241-253
ISSN:0167-4870
DOI:10.1016/j.joep.2009.02.005
Online Access:Resolving-System, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2009.02.005
Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167487009000336
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Author Notes:Christiane Schwieren, Doris Weichselbaumer

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