This paper tests two hypotheses from the theory of elimination tournaments: (i) that uneven tournaments, where the … contestants are ex ante heterogeneous, entail lower effort exertion; this is a prediction from agency theory that has not been … underlies any agency theory about elimination tournaments, and has been empirically tested in other contexts. The evidence …

The motivation crowding effect suggests that an external intervention via monetary incentives or punishments may … undermine (and under different indentifiable conditions strengthen) intrinsic motivation. As of today, the theoretical …

This title seeks to create a vision of motivation research for the 21st century. The essays represent a wide range of … perspectives from the very micro focus on the individual level of motivation, through the meso level of groups and organizations …