Project information
Effects of Working-Time Autonomy, Information, and Feedback on Effort and Well-Being (AUT-LAB 2026)

The project experimentally examines whether working-time autonomy can unintentionally lead to overprovision of effort when workers are uncertain about having reached a performance target. Building on the Dohmen & Shvartsman (2023) design, I will run a 2×2 laboratory experiment with students at Masaryk University to manipulate performance feedback and success-rate information, and observe overtime purchases, willingness-to-accept for a follow-up session, and short well-being indicators. The goal is to identify which informational interventions (feedback vs. base-rate information) best protect workers from unnecessary overtime while preserving the motivational benefits of autonomy. Results will be preregistered and shared in an open replication package.