Handbook of Labor Economics, Vol. 4, No. Suppl PA, 2011
ISSN: 1573-4463
doi: 10.1016/S0169-7218(11)04114-1
Chapter 8Extrinsic Rewards and Intrinsic Motives: Standard and Behavioral Approaches to Agency and Labor Markets
Abstract
Employers structure pay and employment relationships to mitigate agency problems. A large literature in economics documents how the resolution of these problems shapes personnel policies and labor markets. For the most part, the study of agency in employment relationships relies on highly stylized assumptions regarding human motivation, e.g., that employees seek to earn as much money as possible with minimal effort. ...
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