Dirk Sliwka
Research focuses
Incentive Design, the Evaluation of Human Resource Management Practices, Performance Appraisals
Curriculum vitae
- 2013 Hans-Kelsen Prize of the University of Cologne
- 2011 Member DFG Research Unit „Design & Behavior“
- 2011 Research Fellow cesIfo, Munich
- 2010 Prize HR Researcher of the Year (Haufe, DGFP, HR Allianz, BDA)
- 2008 Coordinator Cologne Graduate School in Man., Econ, and Soc. Scie.
- 2004 Full Professor of Management, University of Cologne
- 2004 Habilitation and venia legendi in Business Administration, Uni. of Bonn
- 2003 Research Fellow Institut Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA), Bonn
- 2003 Walter-Rathenau-Prize (with Christian Grund) of the GEABA
- 2003 Best-Paper Award, German Acad. Ass. for Business Research (VHB)
- 2000 - 2003 Assistant Professor (wissenschaftlicher Assistent), University of Bonn
- 1999 - 2000 Consultant Management Accounting, SAP AG
- 1999 Dr. rer. pol., Uni. of Bonn (European Doctoral Prog. in Quant. Econ.)
- 1996 - 1997 Visiting PhD student London School of Economics (LSE)
- 1992 - 1995 Internships at Deutsche Bank, FAZ, Kaufhof AG, Volkswagen AG
- 1995 Diplom Volkswirt, University of Bonn
- 1994 - 95 Exchange student ENSAE, Paris
Selected publications
- Manthei, K., Sliwka, D., & Vogelsang, T. (2021). Performance Pay and Prior Learning: Evidence from a Retail Chain. Management Science.
- Manthei, K. and Sliwka, D. (2019). Multitasking and Subjective Performance Evaluations - Theory and Evidence from a Field Experiment in a Bank.Management Science, 65(12), 5861-5883.
- Khalmetski, K. and Sliwka, D. (2019). Disguising Lies - Image Concerns and Partial Lying in Cheating Games. American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 11(4), 79-110
- Kampkötter, P. and Sliwka, D. (2018). More Dispersion, Higher Bonuses? On Differentiation in Subjective Performance Evaluations. Journal of Labor Economics, 36(2), 511-549.
- Sliwka, D. and Werner, P. (2017). Wage increases and the dynamics of reciprocity. Journal of Labor Economics, 35(2), 299-344.
- Danilov, A. and Sliwka, D. (2016). Can contracts signal social norms? Experimental evidence. Management Science, 63(2), 459-476.
- Kampkötter, P., Harbring, C. and Sliwka, D. (2016). Job rotation and employee performance–evidence from a longitudinal study in the financial services industry. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 1-27.
- Ockenfels, A., Sliwka, D. and Werner, P. (2015). Bonus Payments and Reference Point Violations. Management Science, 61(7): 1496-1513.
- Berger, J., Harbring, C., and Sliwka, D. (2013). Performance Appraisals and the Impact of Forced Distribution—An Experimental Investigation.Management Science, 59(1), 54-68.
- Mohnen, A., Pokorny, K, and Sliwka, D. (2008). Transparency, Inequity Aversion, and the Dynamics of Peer Pressure in Teams - Theory and Evidence.Journal of Labor Economics 26, 693-720.
- Sliwka, D. (2007). Managerial Turnover and Strategic Change. Management Science 53(11), 1675-1687.
- Sliwka, D. (2007). Trust as a Signal of a Social Norm and the Hidden Costs of Incentive Schemes, American Economic Review 97(3), 999-1012.