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- 1983
- Chapter
Information and Aspirations in Two Person Bargaining
By: A. E. Roth and J. K. Murnighan
- 1983
- Chapter
Incentives for Ocean Mining Under the Convention
By: James K. Sebenius and Lance Antrim
- August 1983
- Article
The Social Psychology of Creativity: A Componential Conceptualization
By: T. M. Amabile
Considers the definition and assessment of creativity and presents a componential framework for conceptualizing this faculty. Including domain-relevant skills, creativity-relevant skills, and task motivation as a set of necessary and sufficient components of...
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Keywords:
Theory;
Social Psychology;
Creativity;
Cognition and Thinking;
Motivation and Incentives;
Personal Characteristics
Amabile, T. M. "The Social Psychology of Creativity: A Componential Conceptualization." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 45, no. 2 (August 1983): 357–377.
- June 1982 (Revised May 1990)
- Exercise
Promotion Incentive Allocation Exercise
By: John A. Quelch
Quelch, John A. "Promotion Incentive Allocation Exercise." Harvard Business School Exercise 582-120, June 1982. (Revised May 1990.)
- 1982
- Article
Children's Artistic Creativity: Detrimental Effects of Competition in a Field Setting
By: T. M. Amabile
Girls whose ages ranged from 7 to 11 years made paper collages during 1 of 2 residential parties. Those in the experimental group were competing for prizes, whereas those in the control group expected that the prizes would be raffled off. Artist-judges later rated each...
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Keywords:
Creativity;
Early Childhood Education;
Motivation and Incentives;
Situation or Environment;
Competition;
Teaching
Amabile, T. M. "Children's Artistic Creativity: Detrimental Effects of Competition in a Field Setting." Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 8 (1982): 573–578.
- 1982
- Article
Incentive Compatibility in a Market with Indivisible Goods
By: A. E. Roth
Roth, A. E. "Incentive Compatibility in a Market with Indivisible Goods." Economics Letters 9, no. 2 (1982): 127–132.
- 1982
- Chapter
Statistical Decision Theory Requiring Incentives for Information Transfer
By: Jerry R. Green
Green, Jerry R. "Statistical Decision Theory Requiring Incentives for Information Transfer." In The Economics of Information and Uncertainty, edited by J. J. McCall. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1982.
- 1982
- Article
The Economics of Matching: Stability and Incentives
By: Alvin E. Roth
Roth, Alvin E. "The Economics of Matching: Stability and Incentives." Mathematics of Operations Research, no. 7 (1982): 617–628.
- October 1981
- Background Note
Note on Rewards Systems
By: Michael Beer
Looks at rewards in general, and pay in particular, and studies the conditions that may enhance or detract from employee satisfaction and organizational effectiveness.
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Keywords:
Compensation and Benefits;
Wages;
Organizations;
Performance Effectiveness;
Motivation and Incentives;
Satisfaction
Beer, Michael. "Note on Rewards Systems." Harvard Business School Background Note 482-017, October 1981.
- Article
Incentives in Discrete-Time MDP Processes with Flexible Step-Size
By: Jerry R. Green and Francoise Schoumaker
Green, Jerry R., and Francoise Schoumaker. "Incentives in Discrete-Time MDP Processes with Flexible Step-Size." Review of Economic Studies 47, no. 3 (April 1980): 557–565.
- winter 1980
- Article
Evolving Terms of Mineral Agreements: Risk, Reward, and Participation in Deep Seabed Mining
By: James K. Sebenius and Mati Pal
Sebenius, James K., and Mati Pal. "Evolving Terms of Mineral Agreements: Risk, Reward, and Participation in Deep Seabed Mining." Columbia Journal of World Business 15, no. 4 (winter 1980): 75–83.
- Article
On Coalition Incentive Compatibility
By: Jerry R. Green and Jean-Jacques Laffont
Green, Jerry R., and Jean-Jacques Laffont. "On Coalition Incentive Compatibility." Review of Economic Studies 46, no. 2 (April 1979): 243–254.
- 1979
- Article
An Incentive Compatible Planning Procedure for Public Good Production: A Corrigendum
By: Jerry R. Green and Jean-Jacques Laffont
Green, Jerry R., and Jean-Jacques Laffont. "An Incentive Compatible Planning Procedure for Public Good Production: A Corrigendum." Scandinavian Journal of Economics 81, no. 3 (1979): 443–444.
- February 1979
- Article
Effects of External Evaluation on Artistic Creativity
By: T. M. Amabile
Examined the conditions under which the imposition of an extrinsic constraint upon performance of an activity can lead to decrements in creativity. 95 female undergraduates worked on an art activity either with or without the expectation of external evaluation. In...
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Keywords:
Creativity;
Social Psychology;
Performance Evaluation;
Motivation and Incentives;
Situation or Environment
Amabile, T. M. "Effects of External Evaluation on Artistic Creativity." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 37, no. 2 (February 1979): 221–233.
- 1979
- Book
Incentives in Public Decision Making
By: Jerry R. Green and Jean-Jacques Laffont
Green, Jerry R., and Jean-Jacques Laffont. Incentives in Public Decision Making. Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Company, 1979.
- 1978
- Article
An Incentive Compatible Planning Procedure for Public Good Production
By: Jerry R. Green and Jean-Jacques Laffont
It is only recently that economic theorists have faced the fact that the proposed allocation mechanisms in economies with public goods might have bad incentive properties. In this paper we introduce a new planning procedure such that truthful revelation of the marginal...
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Green, Jerry R., and Jean-Jacques Laffont. "An Incentive Compatible Planning Procedure for Public Good Production." Scandinavian Journal of Economics 80, no. 1 (1978): 20–33.
- Fall 1978
- Article
Incentive Mechanisms for Priority Queuing Problems
By: Robert J. Dolan
Dolan, Robert J. "Incentive Mechanisms for Priority Queuing Problems." Bell Journal of Economics (Fall 1978): 421–436.
- June 1977 (Revised May 1997)
- Case
University of Trent
Focuses on two issues: 1) technical systems that can be employed in nonprofit organizations for control and motivational purposes. Systems discussed range from payroll monitoring systems to zero-base budgeting and 2) the managerial environment needed for serious...
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Keywords:
Information Technology;
Motivation and Incentives;
Business or Company Management;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Governance Controls;
Education Industry
Herzlinger, Regina E. "University of Trent." Harvard Business School Case 177-245, June 1977. (Revised May 1997.)
- 01 Apr 1976
- Conference Presentation
Deadlines: Their Effect on Subsequent Intrinsic Motivation
By: W. DeJong, Teresa M. Amabile and M. R. Lepper
Keywords:
Motivation and Incentives
- July 1976
- Article
Effects of Externally-Imposed Deadlines on Subsequent Intrinsic Motivation
By: T. M. Amabile, W. DeJong and M. R. Lepper
Studied the effects of externally imposed deadlines on individuals' task performance and their subsequent interest in the task. In 1 deadline condition, 20 male undergraduates were given an explicit time limit for solving a series of initially interesting word games....
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Amabile, T. M., W. DeJong, and M. R. Lepper. "Effects of Externally-Imposed Deadlines on Subsequent Intrinsic Motivation." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 34, no. 1 (July 1976): 92–98.