Incentivizing Wellness in the Workplace: Sticks (Not Carrots) Send Stigmatizing Signals

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1512-1522

  Tannenbaum, David ^a   Valasek, Chad J ^b   Knowles, Eric D ^c   Ditto, Peter H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

attitudes; inference; meaning; policymaking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ATTITUDES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFERENCE; MALE; MEANING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; POLICY; POLICYMAKING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUNISHMENT; REWARD; SOCIAL STIGMA; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

ATTITUDES; INFERENCE; MEANING; POLICYMAKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; OVERWEIGHT; PUNISHMENT; REWARD; SOCIAL STIGMA; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881229902     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612474471     Document Type: Article

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