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来源类型 | Working Paper |
规范类型 | 报告 |
DOI | 10.3386/w14443 |
来源ID | Working Paper 14443 |
What Makes Them Tick? Employee Motives and Firm Innovation | |
Henry Sauermann; Wesley M. Cohen | |
发表日期 | 2008-10-24 |
出版年 | 2008 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | We examine the impact of individual-level motives upon innovative effort and performance in firms. Drawing from economics and social psychology, we develop a model of the impact of individuals' motives and incentives upon their innovative effort and performance. Using data on over 11,000 industrial scientists and engineers (SESTAT 2003), we find that individuals' motives have significant effects upon innovative effort and performance. These effects vary significantly, however, by the particular kind of motive (e.g., desire for intellectual challenge vs. pay). We also find that intrinsic and extrinsic motives affect innovative performance even when controlling for effort, suggesting that motives affect not only the level of individual effort, but also its quality. Overall, intrinsic motives, particularly the desire for intellectual challenge, appear to benefit innovation more than extrinsic motives such as pay. |
主题 | Development and Growth ; Innovation and R& ; D |
URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w14443 |
来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/572118 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Henry Sauermann,Wesley M. Cohen. What Makes Them Tick? Employee Motives and Firm Innovation. 2008. |
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