a means of increased worker autonomy, SMWT can theoretically increase effort via intrinsic motivation and reciprocal … intrinsically motivated, suggesting that intrinsic motivation is complementary to SMWT. However, reciprocal work intensification …

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 …

motivation may undermine intrinsic motivation. The self-perception (SP) theory developed by Bem (1972) explains this finding. The … crux of this theory is that people remember their past decisions and the extrinsic rewards they received, but they do not … recall their intrinsic motives. In this paper I show that the SP theory can be modeled as a variant of a conventional dynamic …

-minimizing public firm. Workers in the economy are heterogeneous in their intrinsic motivation to work in the sector. In line with …

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 … engaging in the activity causes others to offer larger rewards. Our theory yields the testable prediction that such effects are …