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Exploitation aversion : when financial incentives fail to motivate agents
Carpenter, Jeffrey P.; Dolifka, David - 2013
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009771729
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Exploitation Aversion : When Financial Incentives Fail to Motivate Agents
Carpenter, Jeffrey P. - 2013
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013078830
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Motivating Through Delegating Tasks or Giving Attention
Swank, Otto H. - 2010
An important role of managers is to motivate subordinates. Monetary rewards have been the focus of economic analysis. Managers also use other means to influence subordinates. If a manager can better assess the subordinate's ability than the subordinate himself, and if ability and effort are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012716276
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Exploitation aversion : when financial incentives fail to motivate agents
Carpenter, Jeffrey P.; Dolifka, David - In: Journal of economic psychology : research in economic … 61 (2017), pp. 213-224
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When Galatea Cares About Her Reputation : How Having Faith in Your Workers Reduces Their Motivation to Shine
Kamphorst, Jurjen J.A; Swank, Otto H. - 2010
We develop a theory of leadership that focuses on the role managers play in motivating employees through their attitude towards employees. We model a manager's attitude as her perception about employees' abilities of successfully completing challenging tasks. We show that a positive attitude...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014044403
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When Galatea cares about her reputation : how having faith in your workers reduces their motivation to shine
Kamphorst, Jurjen J. A.; Swank, Otto H. - In: European economic review : EER 60 (2013), pp. 91-104
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009762406
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Motivating agents : how much does the mission matter?
Carpenter, Jeffrey P.; Gong, Erick - 2013
Economic theory predicts that agents will work harder if they believe in the "mission" of the organization. Well-identified estimates of exactly how much harder they will work have been elusive, however, because agents select into jobs. We conduct a real effort experiment with participants who...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010125806
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When Galatea cares about her reputation : how having faith in your workers reduces their motivation to shine
Kamphorst, Jurjen J. A.; Swank, Otto H. - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008771834
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When Galatea cares about her reputation : how having faith in your workers reduces their motivation to shine
Kamphorst, Jurjen J. A.; Swank, Otto H. - 2010
We develop a theory of leadership that focuses on the role managersplay in motivating employees through their attitude towards employees. We modela manager's attitude as her perception about employees' abilities of successfullycompleting challenging tasks. We show that a positive attitude...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011382589