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Possibilities of increasing the efficiency of using human resources in tourism
Sava, Raluca; Comaniciu, Carmen - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
of the human resources management in this kind of activity: creating a team work, its motivation and its creativity. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005619705
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Drives, Performance, Creativity and Introversion in the Workplace
Morningstar, John A - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
types of motivation on performance and creativity. Prominent researchers encircling the field of study include Dan Ariely et … motivation continues. Decades of research and published studies has yet to bring forth a unified theory of motivation. In the … suggest that extrinsic drives may have a negative impact on overall performance and creativity. The answer to the effects of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011204417
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Rewarding my Self. Self Esteem, Self Determination and Motivations
Bruno, Bruna - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
to explain how they affect the intrinsic motivation and its impact on individual choices. The aim is to reconcile … different explanations (and consequences) of the motivation crowding theory in a unique theoretical framework where the locus of … control is introduced in a one period maximisation problem and the intrinsic motivation is assumed as an exogenous …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009211230
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Volunteers and conditions under which crowd-out effect could appear. An empirical evidence of psychological self-determination theory
Fiorillo, Damiano - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The paper analyses if monetary rewards to continuative Italian volunteers decrease their intrinsic motivation … competence does not mediate between monetary rewards and intrinsic motivation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008595625
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Rank expectations, feedback and social hierarchies
Kuhnen, Camelia M.; Tymula, Agnieszka - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
We develop and test experimentally a theoretical model of the role of self-esteem, generated by private feedback regarding relative performance, on the behavior of agents working on an effort provision task for a flat wage. Agents work harder and expect to rank better when they are told they may...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836122
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The Effect of External Incentives on Profits and Firm-Provided Incentives Strategy
Azar, Ofer H. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2003
The article examines the firm's choice of incentives when workers face additional incentives (“external incentives”) to those provided by the firm, such as building reputation that improves the workers' prospects with other employers, or satisfaction from working well. Surprisingly, the firm...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837009
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Would you accept this job? An evaluation of the decision utility of workers in the for-profit and nonprofit sectors.
Lanfranchi, Joseph; Narcy, Mathieu; Larguem, Makram - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
preferences towards hypothetical job offers characterized by ten attributes. Intrinsic motivation of nonprofit workers is …, nonprofit workers attain their maximum decision utility at a longer working time, showing superior intrinsic motivation for work … intrinsic motivation. As the nature of the implicit goals pursued in the nonprofit sector provides them with high work morale …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005061657
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Some are Punished and Some are Rewarded: A Study of the Impact of Performance Pay on Job Satisfaction
McCausland, David; Pouliakas, Konstantinos; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
Using an econometric procedure that corrects for both self-selection of individuals into their preferred compensation scheme and wage endogeneity, this study investigates whether significant differences exist in the job satisfaction of individuals receiving performance-related pay (PRP) compared...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005617077
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Altruism and Career Concern
Shchetinin, Oleg - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
The paper studies the impact of altruism on Agent's motivation in the career concerns model. The main result is that … motivation. It gives an example when intrinsic motivator (altruism) lessens extrinsic motivation (career concerns). The model has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005619656
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Rewarding my Self. The role of Self Esteem and Self Determination in Motivation Crowding Theory
Bruno, B. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The paper aims to reconcile different explanations (and consequences) of the motivation crowding theory in a unique … theoretical framework where the locus of control is introduced in a one period maximisation problem and the intrinsic motivation … objectives of the intrinsic motivation. For each type of objective, the different role of self esteem and self determination …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008568378