Rewards and intrinsic motivation : resolving the controversy / Judy Cameron and W. David Pierce.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cameron, Judy, 1953-

Contributor:

Pierce, W. David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Employee motivation.

Achievement motivation.

Organizational behavior.

Psychology, Industrial.

Interpersonal relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Over the past 30 years, many social psychologists have been critical of the practice of using incentive systems in business, education, and other applied settings. The concern is that money, high grades, prizes, and even praise may be effective in getting people to perform an activity but performance and interest are maintained only so long as the reward keeps coming. Once the reward is withdrawn, the concern is that individuals will enjoy the activity less, perform at a lower level, and spend less time on the task. The claim is that rewards destroy people's intrinsic motivation. Widely accepted, this view has been enormously influential and has led many employers, teachers, and other practitioners to question the use of rewards and incentive systems in applied settings. Contrary to this view, the research by Cameron and Pierce indicates that rewards can be used effectively to enhance interest and performance.The book centers around the debate on rewards and intrinsic motivation. Based on historical, narrative, and meta-analytic reviews, Cameron and Pierce show that, contrary to many claims, rewards do not have pervasive negative effects. Instead, the authors show that careful arrangement of rewards enhances motivation, performance, and interest. The overall goal of the book is to draw together over 30 years of research on rewards, motivation, and performance and to provide practitioners with techniques for designing effective incentive systems.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Part I: Introduction

1 An Introduction to the Rewards and Intrinsic Motivation

Controversy

Part II: Rewards and Intrinsic Motivation: A Look at the

Early Research

2 How Rewards Got a Bad Reputation

3 Why Rewards Do Not Deserve a Bad Reputation

Part III: Theoretical Disputes Over Rewards and Intrinsic

Motivation

4 Theoretical Perspectives on Rewards as Harmful

5 Theoretical Perspectives on Rewards as Helpful

Part IV: The Empirical Evidence for the Impact of Rewards

on Intrinsic Motivation

6 An Overview of the Experiments on Rewards and Intrinsic

7 A Critique of Meta-analyses of the Effects of Rewards on

Intrinsic Motivation

8 A Meta-analysis of the Effects of Rewards on Intrinsic

9 Discussion and Implications of Our Meta-analytic Findings

Part V: Rewards and Intrinsic Motivation: A Sociohistorical

Perspective

10 A Sociohistorical Analysis of the Literature on Rewards and

Part VI: Practical Applications of Rewards

11 The Effective Use of Rewards in Everyday Life

Part VII: Conclusion

12 Resolving the Controversy over Rewards and Intrinsic

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-250) and index.

ISBN:

9798216008569

9786610908547

9781280908545

1280908548

9780313012822

0313012822

OCLC:

55508222