While many studies have examined the association between merit-based pay and organizational performance, few have assessed the psychological well-being of employees in agencies with such financial incentive schemes. We show that employees in agencies with merit-based pay are less satisfied with...

Theorien der Behavioral Labor Economics weichen vom Standardmodell der Ökonomie ab und stellen insbesondere die diesem Standardmodell zugrunde liegende Annahme von rationalen und egoistischen Entscheidern – der Annahme des Homo oeconomicus – infrage. Sie unterstellen Handlungsweisen, die...