Intrinsic Motivation and Optimal Incentive Contracts

By Kevin C. Murdock. 2002

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Subfields: Accounting, Management Science and Operations Research, Safety Research

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Incentives and their dynamics in public sector performance management systems (2010, background): “…and through their identification with the goals of the principal or organization, they are also more likely to take actions that are favorable to the interests of the principal (Akerlof and Kranton, 2005; Murdock, 2002; Prendergast, 2007; Van Slyke, 2007; Francois & Vlassopoulos, 2008).”
Disentangling the Sources of Pro-socially Motivated Effort: A Field Experiment (2010, background): “…design, see for instance, Besley and Ghatak (2005), Delfgaauw and Dur (2007, 2008), Dixit (2002), Francois (2000, 2007), Glazer (2004), Murdock (2002).2 Typically, two alternative views of altruism have been considered (a)Warm glow altruism: the worker derives direct nonpecuniary…”
Competition and Incentives with Motivated Agents (2005, background): “This paper shares in common with Akerlof and Kranton (2003), Benabou and Tirole (2003), Dixit (2001), Francois (2000), Murdock (2002), and Seabright (2003) the notion that nonpecuniary aspects of motivation matter.4 In common with Crawford and Sobel (1982) and Aghion and Tirole (1997) our approach…”
Incentives and the Efficiency of Public Sector-Outsourcing Contracts (2005, background): “Recent research suggests that intrinsic motivation may play an important role in human behaviour (Kreps, 1997; Frey and Jegen, 2001; Benabou and Tirole, 2003) and, in particular, with the choice of optimal contracts ( Murdock, 2002 ).”
Encouraging information security behaviors in organizations: Role of penalties, pressures and perceived effectiveness (2009, background): “However, in recognizing the importance of other incentive mechanisms researchers have incorporated moral motivations (intrinsic incentives) in analytical models [7,12,45].”
What Makes Them Tick? Employee Motives and Firm Innovation (2010, unknown): “nonpecuniary motives (Akerlof & Kranton, 2005; Besley & Ghatak, 2005; Lacetera & Zirulia, 2008; Murdock, 2002).”