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The motivation of temporary agency workers : an empirical analysis

Grund, Christian; Minten, Axel; Toporova, Nevena - 2017

We are investigating the relationship between individual and job-related characteristics and the motivation of …,000 temporary agency workers, a subjective motivation appraisal is provided by the respective direct manager within the hiring … motivation of temporary agency workers. Women in temporary agency work demonstrate a higher degree of motivation than men …

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A field experiment in motivating employee ideas

Gibbs, Michael; Neckermann, Susanne; 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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Locus of control and performance appraisal

Heywood, John S.; Jirjahn, Uwe; Chadi, Cornelia - 2016

This work contributes to the literature demonstrating an important role for psychological traits in labor market decisions. We show that West German workers with an internal locus of control sort into jobs with performance appraisals. Appraisals provide workers who believe they control their...

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Performance pay, group selection and group performance

Königstein, Manfred (contributor); … - 2007

in work groups. The selection effect is larger than the motivation effect. …

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Within-person fluctuations of proactive behavior : how affect and experienced competence regulate work behavior

Fay, Doris; Sonnentag, Sabine - In: Human performance 25 (2012) 1, pp. 72-93

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Who benefits from benefits? : empirical research on tangible incentives

Hammermann, Andrea; Mohnen, Alwine - 2012

motivation …

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The complementary use of experiments and field data to evaluate management practices : the case of subjective performance evaluations

Kampkötter, Patrick; Sliwka, Dirk - 2015

Most firms rely on subjective evaluations by supervisors to assess their employees' performance. This article discusses the implementation of such appraisal processes, exploring the use of multiple research methods such as the analysis of personnel records, survey data, and lab and field...

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Behavioral effects of probation periods : an analysis of worker absenteeism

Riphahn, Regina T.; Thalmaier, Anja - 1999

The theoretical probation literature shows that individuals have incentives to mimick "good workers" during periods of employment probation. This study empirically tests at the example of absence behavior, whether such behavioral responses to the incentives of probation periods exist. We find...

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Job control and job stressors as predictors of proactive work behavior : is role breadth self-efficacy the link?

Sonnentag, Sabine; Spychala, Anne - In: Human performance 25 (2012) 5, pp. 412-431

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Employee recognition and performance : a field experiment

Bradler, Christiane; Dur, Robert A. J.; Neckermann, Susanne - 2014

This paper reports the results from a controlled field experiment designed to investigate the causal effect of unannounced, public recognition on employee performance. We hired more than 300 employees to work on a three-hour data-entry task. In a random sample of work groups, workers...

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