Friedrich Sommer

Biographic Data

ID8941373
NAMEFriedrich Sommer
GIVEN NAMESFriedrich
FAMILY NAMESommer
SIGNATURESOMMER F
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Münster, Munster, Germany
ORCID0000-0002-7697-2864
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • The Effects of Relative Performance Information and Transparency on Knowledge Sharing and Productive Effort

    Christian Schnieder, Ivo Schedlinsky et al.ARTICLEEuropean Accounting Review2025

    Using a real-effort experiment, we investigate individuals’ simultaneous decisions regarding how much effort to exert and how to allocate this effort when working on a productive task (productive effort) and sharing knowledge (knowledge-sharing effort). Specifically, we examine the effects of relative performance information (RPI) and the transparency of individual knowledge-sharing decisions (transparency). We find that RPI increases productive …

  • Tournament Winner Proportion and its Effect on Effort

    Thorsten Knauer, Friedrich Sommer et al.ARTICLEEuropean Accounting Review2017

    This study investigates the effects of the psychological mechanisms activated by different proportions of tournament winners on effort. Using a real-effort experiment that allows the evolution of social comparison, which is central to our theory, we show that firms can increase employee effort (and performance) by increasing the proportion of winners. Based on a causal model, we generate evidence for our theory that this effect is driven by relat…