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Titel When Galatea cares about her Reputation: How having Faith in your Workers reduces their Motivation to shine
Gepubliceerd in Discussion paper / Tinbergen Institute. ISSN 0929-0834.
Auteur Kamphorst, J.J.A. (Jurjen); Swank, O.H. (Otto)
Datum 2010-12-06
Trefwoord(en) reputation, Giffen goods, principle-agent, task choice, worker motivation
Taal Engels
Type working paper
Uitgever Tinbergen Institute
Samenvatting We develop a theory of leadership that focuses on the role managers play in motivating employees through their attitude towards employees. We model a manager's attitude as her perception about employees' abilities of successfully completing challenging tasks. We show that a positive attitude motivates employees who are driven by monetary rewards. A negative attitude may motivate employees who are driven by concerns about their reputation for being able. When employees are driven by monetary rewards and care about their reputations, an increase in the reward for successfully completing challenging tasks may lead employees to shy away from these tasks.
Publicatie http://hdl.handle.net/1765/21863
Persistent Identifier urn:NBN:nl:ui:15-1765/21863
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Repository Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
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