Pay, Intrinsic Motivation, Extrinsic Motivation, Performance, and Creativity in the Workplace: Revisiting Long-Held Beliefs

Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior

Volumn 2, Issue , 2015, Pages 489-521

  Gerhart, Barry ^a   Fang, Meiyu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Compensation; Creativity; Incentives; Intrinsic motivation; Motivation; Pay for performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969648884     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23270608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-032414-111418     Document Type: Review

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