
doi: 10.2139/ssrn.2540063
In a principal-agent setting, we consider a combined problem of multitasking and performance measurement. The principal can choose to reward the agent both directly for providing effort into a specific activity, and based on the outcome delivered to the principal. Both the issue of multitasking and any private knowledge the agent might possess will lead the principal to use a performance measurement more. This applies even if the measurement is poorly correlated with the actual outcome to the principal.
Multitasking; pay for performance, jel: jel:D82, jel: jel:D86, jel: jel:L51
Multitasking; pay for performance, jel: jel:D82, jel: jel:D86, jel: jel:L51
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