RT @Benavent: Une étude de plus contre le management à la performance http://t.co/mGdi0UOPEV
March 04, 2013
The Dirty Laundry of Employee Award Programs: Evidence from the Field - HBS Working Knowledge
Many scholars and practitioners in human resource management have recently argued that awards and other forms of on-the-job recognition provide a free way to motivate employees. But are there unintended, negative effects of such awards? In this paper, the authors simultaneously examine the costs and benefits of an attendance award program that was implemented in an industrial laundry plant.

