Incentives are supposed to increase effort, yet individuals react differently to incentives. We examine this heterogeneity by investigating how personal characteristics, preferences, and socio-economic background relate to incentives and performance in a real effort task. We analyze the...

This meta-analysis investigates the relationship between teleworkers’ personality traits and his/her performance. Drawing on Tett and Burnett’s (2003) trait activation theory and the Big Five model in personality theory (Costa & McCrae, 1992), this research also examines if social,...