Prof. Dr. Dirk Sliwka

Prof. Dr. Dirk Sliwka - Seminar of Personnel Economics and Human Resource Management

Research focuses

Incentive Design, the Evaluation of Human Resource Management Practices, Performance Appraisals

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

Ockenfels, A., Sliwka, D. and Werner, P. (forthcoming). Bonus Payments and Reference Point Violations. Management Science.
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.
Grund, Ch. and Sliwka, D. (2009). The Anatomy of Performance Appraisals in Germany. International Journal of Human Resource Management 20, 2049 - 2065.
Kräkel, M. and Sliwka, D. (2009). Should You Allow Your Employee to Become Your Competitor? - On Non-Compete Agreements in Employment Contracts. International Economic Review 50, 117 - 141.
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.
Sliwka, D. (2007). On the Notion of Responsibility in Organizations, Journal of Law, Economics & Organization 22, 523-547
Irlenbusch, B. and Sliwka, D. (2006). Career Concerns in a Simple Experimental Labour Market. European Economic Review 50, 147-170.
Grund, Ch. and Sliwka, D. (2007). Envy and Compassion in Tournaments. Journal of Economics and Management Strategy 14, 187-207