The relationship between extrinsic rewards and creativity has been subject to ongoing debate within the human resource management literatures. More research on mechanisms boundary conditions called for. In this study, using 187 employee-supervisor dyads in an electronics manufacturing company, we investigated how when creativity-contingent (CER) may foster among employees. Drawing self-determin...

Two studies investigated the influence of external rewards and social praise in young children's fairness-related behavior. The motivation of ninety-six 3-year-olds' to equalize unfair resource allocations was measured in three scenarios (collaboration, windfall, and dictator game) following three different treatments (material reward, verbal praise, and neutral response). In all scenarios, chi...

The long-standing debate over whether extrinsic rewards undermine intrinsic motivation and the more recent debate regarding the costs and benefits of performance goals are central issues addressed in Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation: The Search for Optimal Motivation and Performance, edited by Carol Sansone and Judith Harackiewicz. The book contains chapters from a number of the most prominen...

The current study investigated the influence of rewards on very young children's helping behavior. After 20-month-old infants received a material reward during a treatment phase, they subsequently were less likely to engage in further helping during a test phase as compared with infants who had previously received social praise or no reward at all. This so-called overjustification effect sugges...

Extrinsic consequences have been criticized on the grounds that they decrease intrinsic motivation or internally initiated behavior. Two popular rationales for this criticism, Lepper's overjustification hypothesis (1981) and Deci's motivational theory (Deci & Ryan, 1985), are reviewed and the criticism is then redefined behaviorally. "Intrinsically controlled" behavior is defined as behavior ma...

Knowledge is a valuable resource that can lead to improved organizational performance and competitive advantage. Knowledge resides in individuals and knowledge sharing is a process that creates organizational knowledge resources by disseminating the knowledge of individuals. However, knowledge sharing is dependent on the willingness of individuals in the organization to share. Many organization...

This study aims to determine the effect of intrinsic and extrinsic rewards on teacher job satisfaction at a junior high school in Batanghari. research is quantitative study. The population this number all teachers who teach that school, with sample 32 teachers. analysis used multiple regression analysis, data processed help SPSS version program 20.0. results showed reward significantly affected...