The Effect of Noise in a Performance Measure on Work Motivation
The Effect of Noise in a Performance Measure on Work Motivation
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绩效衡量中的噪音对工作动机的影响
DOI：
10.1016/j.labeco.2010.03.001
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发表时间：
2008
影响因子：
0.9
通讯作者：
M. Praag
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作者：
R. Sloof;M. Praag
本文报道了一个个人真实的努力实验室实验的结果，受试者支付测量性能。实测性能等于实际性能加上噪声。我们比较了一个稳定的环境中的噪声是小的与一个动荡的环境中的噪声是大的。受试者在不稳定的环境中比在稳定的环境中付出更多的努力。这一发现符合标准的代理理论，并与期望理论的一个独特元素所捕获的直观想法形成对比，即嘈杂的绩效指标会降低工作动机。
This paper reports the results of an individual real effort laboratory experiment where subjects are paid for measured performance. Measured performance equals actual performance plus noise. We compare a stable environment where the noise is small with a volatile environment where the noise is large. Subjects exert significantly more effort in the volatile environment than in the stable environment. This finding is in line with standard agency theory and contrasts the intuitive idea captured by a distinct element of expectancy theory that noisier performance measures would lower work motivation.