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Wage structure and the incentive effect of promotions
Herpen, Marco van; Cools, Cornelis; Praag, Mirjam van - 2004
as a wage determinant. We furthermore show that a promotion affects both intrinsic and extrinsic motivation significantly …, though in two different ways: An expected promotion increases extrinsic motivation whereas intrinsic motivation is highest … subsequent to a realized promotion. The relationship between extrinsic motivation and expected promotions implies that promotions …
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Paid to quit
Dur, Robert A. J.; Schmittdiel, Heiner - 2013
the principal can neither observe agents’ commitment to the job nor their intrinsic motivation. A steep wage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010224783
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Peer evaluation : incentives and co-worker relations
Sol, Joeri - 2010
In many workplaces co-workers have the best information about each other's effort. Managers may attempt to exploit this information through peer evaluation. I study peer evaluation in a pure moral hazard model of production by two limitedly liable agents. Agents receive a signal about their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011380732
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A field experiment in motivating employee ideas
Neckermann, Susanne; Gibbs, Michael; Siemroth, Christoph - 2014
We study the effects of a field experiment designed to motivate employee ideas, at a large technology company. Employees were encouraged to submit ideas on process and product improvements via an online system. In the experiment, the company randomized 19 account teams into treatment and control...
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Team incentives, task assignment, and performance : a field experiment
Delfgaauw, Josse; Dur, Robert A. J.; Souverijn, Michiel - 2017
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. Favouritism, employees' seniority, employees'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011722656
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The effects of performance measurement and compensation on motivation
Herpen, Marco van; Praag, Mirjam van; Cools, Cornelis - 2003
predict that the design and implementation of a performance measurement and compensation system affect the motivation of … compensation system and extrinsic motivation. Intrinsic motivation is not affected by the design of monetary compensation, but by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011333892
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Incentives and workers' motivation in the public sector
Delfgaauw, Josse; Dur, Robert A. J. - 2006
motivation, and characterise optimal incentive contracts for public sector workers under different informational assumptions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335183
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The self-perception theory vs. a dynamic learning model
Swank, Otto H. - 2006
motivation may undermine intrinsic motivation. The self-perception (SP) theory developed by Bem (1972) explains this finding. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011349711
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The price of a price : on the crowding out of social norms
Janssen, Maarten C. W.; Mendys-Kamphorst, Ewa - 2001
There is increasing empirical and experimental evidence thatproviding financial incentives to agents to performcertain socially desirable actions may permanently reduce other typesof motivations to undertake these actions.We study the impact of financial incentives on the desire for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011317463
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From public monopsony to competitive market : more efficiency but higher prices
Delfgaauw, Josse; Dur, Robert A. J. - 2002
-minimizing public firm. Workers in the economy are heterogeneous in their intrinsic motivation to work in the sector. In line with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011327829