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Marsden, David - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000

effects on motivation and performance. This paper reports preliminary findings from the first wave of the survey, before the … view of motivation and work behaviour, and potential recruitment. The danger of widespread de-motivation is a serious one …

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Can a work organization have an attitude problem? The impact of workplaces on employee attitude and economic outcomes

Bartel, Ann; Ichniowski, Casey; Kleiner, Morris; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

In this study we examine whether a workplace can induce good or bad attitudes among its employees and whether any such ¿workplace attitudes¿ affect economic outcomes. This study analyzes responses of thousands of employees working in nearly two hundred branches to the emp loyee opinion survey...

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Disengagement 14-16: context and evidence

Steedman, Hilary; Stoney, Sheila - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

This paper presents an overview of our current state of knowledge regarding poor motivation of 14-16 year old school … intervention programmes to improve motivation. International comparisons (PISA) show UK disengagement below the OECD average but …

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Gender, motivation, experience and wages

Swaffield, Joanna - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000

motivation, aspirations and constraints are found to have a significant impact on the female wage. Moreover, the impact of time … out of the labour market varies across gender, activity undertaken while out, labour market motivation and the degree of …

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The economic psychology of incentives: an international study of top managers

Pepper, Alexander; Gore, Julie - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

prevalence of long-term incentives. This article demonstrates how the subjectively perceived value of long-term incentives is … behavioral agency theory, we conclude that, while long-term incentives are perceived by executives to be effective, they are not …

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Behavioral agency theory: new foundations for theorizing about executive compensation

Pepper, Alexander; Gore, Julie - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012

intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. We argue that behavioral agency theory provides a better framework for theorizing about …

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Incentives and invention in universities

Lach, Saul; Schankerman, Mark - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

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Does hospital competition save lives?: evidence from the English NHS patient choice reforms

Cooper, Zack; Gibbons, Stephen; Jones, Simon; McGuire, … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010

the central aims of this policy was to create financial incentives for providers to improve their clinical performance …, we exploit the fact that choice-based reforms will create sharper financial incentives for hospitals in markets where …

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Courts of law and unforeseen contingencies

Anderlini, Luca; Felli, Leonardo; Postlewaite, Andrew - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003

. The parties' incentives to undertake relationship-specific investment are reduced, while the parties enjoy greater … trade-off between the need for incentives and the gains from insurance that voiding in some circumstances offers to the …

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When pressure sinks performance: evidence from diving competitions

Garbi, Elni; Genakos, Christos; Pagliero, Mario - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2015

incentives to perform well. …

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