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The authors investigate how both the amount and source of income affects the importance placed on money using a longitudinal analysis of the British Household Panel Survey and evidence from two laboratory experiments. Larger amounts of money received for labor were associated with individuals...
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People acquire ways of thinking about time partly in and from work organizations, where the control and measurement of time use is a prominent feature of modern management--an inevitable consequence of employees selling their time for money. In this paper, we theorize about the role...
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We examine how the practice of accounting for one's time--so that work can be billed or charged to specific clients or projects--affects the decision to allocate time to volunteer activities. Using longitudinal data collected from law students transitioning to their first jobs, Study 1 showed...
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We argue that the strength of the relationship between income and happiness can be influenced by exposure to organizational practices, such as being paid by the hour, that promote an economic evaluation of time use. Using cross-sectional data from the US, two studies found that income was more...
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Recent research shows that hourly payment affects decisions about time use in ways that disfavor uncompensated activities such as volunteering. This paper extends that argument by showing that the activation of money and economics as aspects of a person's self-concept is one mechanism possibly...
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