Prosocial Bonuses Increase Employee Satisfaction and Team Performance

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Anik, Lalin ^a   Aknin, Lara B ^b   Norton, Michael I ^c   Dunn, Elizabeth W ^d   Quoidbach, Jordi ^e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BELGIUM; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MARKETING; EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROSOCIAL BONUS; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIAL WORK; SPORT; TEAMWORK; WORK;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84884230527     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075509     Document Type: Article

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