Mixing individual incentives and group incentives: Best of both worlds or social dilemma?

Journal of Management

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1611-1635

  Barnes, Christopher M ^a   Hollenbeck, John R ^b   Jundt, Dustin K ^c   DeRue, D Scott ^d   Harmon, Stephen J ^e  

^a UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

compensation; groups; incentives; interdependence; social dilemma; teams; teamwork

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053511694     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206309360845     Document Type: Article

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