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Are financial incentives related to performance? A meta-analytic review of empirical research.

Year: 1998

Type: article

Study designs: Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis

Abstract: The relationship of financial incentives to performance quality and quantity is cumulated over 39 studies containing 47 relationships. Financial incentives were not related to performance quality but had a corrected correlation of .34 with performance quantity. Setting (laboratory, field, experimental simulation) and theoretical framework moderated the relationship, but task type did not.

Source: Journal of Applied Psychology

DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.83.5.777

Authors: G. Douglas, Jr. Jenkins, Atul Mitra, Nina Gupta, Jason D. Shaw

Institution: University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

Language: English

Topic: Employee Performance and Motivation

Subfield: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2049297495