The performance of a work team commonly depends on the effort exerted by the team members as well as on the division of … tasks among them. However, when leaders assign tasks to team members, performance is usually not the only consideration … incentives have the potential to curtail the role of these factors in favor of performance -- in particular when the incentive …

performance. Measured performance equals actual performance plus noise. We compare a stable environment where the noise is small … expectancy theory; noisier performance measures do not lower work motivation. …