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Strive to be first or avoid being last : an experiment on relative performance incentives

Dutcher, E. Glenn; Balafoutas, Loukas; Lindner, Florian; … - 2015

We utilize a laboratory experiment to compare effort provision under optimal tournament contracts with different distributions of prizes which motivate agents to compete to be first, avoid being last, or both. We find that the combined tournament contract incorporating both incentives at the top...

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Strive to be first and avoid being last : an experiment on relative performance incentives ; conference paper

Dutcher, E. Glenn; Balafoutas, Loukas; Lindner, Florian; … - 2013

reinforcement learning. …

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Motivations and Commitment to Work in the Hospitality Industry : Investigating Employee Psychology and Responsible Organizational Behaviors

Camilleri, Mark Anthony; Troise, Ciro; Morrison, Alastair M. - 2023

comprising responsible HRM, extrinsic rewards, intrinsic motivation and organizational commitment.Originality/Value: This …

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The Impact of Employee Recognition Programs on Employee Engagement and Motivation : A Case Study of Southwest Airlines

JOSEPH, NNAMDI - 2023

Southwest's employee appreciation program on employee engagement and motivation. According to the findings, an employee … appreciation program significantly boosts staff engagement and motivation. Particularly, program participants report better levels … programs are a successful tactic for enhancing employee motivation and engagement and can help to create a positive workplace …

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Strive to be first or avoid being last : an experiment on relative performance incentives

Dutcher, E. Glenn; Balafoutas, Loukas; Lindner, Florian; … - 2013

behavior in all mechanisms is consistent with basic directional and reinforcement learning. -- tournament ; reward ; punishment … ; promotion ; firing ; contract ; experiment ; learning …

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Strive to Be First or Avoid Being Last : An Experiment on Relative Performance Incentives

Dutcher, Glenn - 2015

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Compensation or Feedback : Motivating Performance in Multidimensional Tasks

Christ, Margaret H.; Emett, Scott A.; Tayler, William B.; … - 2015

Employees often perform tasks with multiple dimensions. In this study, we examine how employees’ performance on multidimensional tasks differs under different control structures. We conduct two experiments in which we manipulate the presence of compensation controls and the presence of...

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Organizational Control and Work Effort – Another Look at the Interplay of Rewards and Motivation

Kunz, Jennifer; Linder, Stefan - 2012

replace task-related (“intrinsic”) motivation by reward-induced external pressure (“extrinsic” motivation). Empirical findings … are mixed, partially given the different conceptualizations of intrinsic motivation. We shed more light on the impact of … interaction with different forms of intrinsic motivation. Our experimental results suggest that monetary and affiliative rewards …

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The role of implicit motives in strategic decision-making : computational models of motivated learning and the evolution of motivated agents

Merrick, Kathryn - In: Games 6 (2015) 4, pp. 604-636

affiliation-motivated individuals engaged in game-play. The first model captures learning by motivated agents during strategic … it is a result of motivation, causes agents with different motives to play a given game differently. When motivated …

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Teachers' perceptions about professional motivation and well-being : an actual perspective

Dias, Helena; Gonçalves, Inês Oliveira; Sá, Susana; … - In: International journal of education economics and … 16 (2025) 1/2, pp. 199-208

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