explaining how work meaningfulness influences effort at work. In our model, motivation decreases the disutility of exerting … needs from working enhances work meaningfulness, motivation, and effort, providing valuable insights for economic models of …

rewards to performance increases effort, but that they can also backfire, reducing effort. Intrinsic motivation, the internal …. If the incentives crowd-out intrinsic motivation, and the effect is large enough, the net motivational effect on effort …, is one facet of intrinsic motivation, triggered by the combination of high-powered incentives and egoistic principal …

it becomes scarce. In the second, restraint serves to conceal the actor's intrinsic motivation. In both cases, not …

According to psychologists and neuroscientists, a key source of intrinsic motivation is learning. An economic model of … generates learning: performing one task increases productivity on related tasks. Intrinsic motivation generates a new multitask … adds a simple incentive. Incentive pay does not "crowd out" intrinsic motivation, but it does rebalance effort away from …

, however, with a minority of workers report crowding in of motivation. Thus, the impact of performance pay might depend on the …

). Agents differ in their motivation to exert social effort. Our model predicts that lowering incentives for selfish effort in …