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Doesn't this article contradict itself? On one hand, the article quotes some guy who says his work isn't influenced by bonuses and then just a few sentences la
by blazespin 10y ago
Doesn't this article contradict itself? On one hand, the article quotes some guy who says his work isn't influenced by bonuses and then just a few sentences later it says the danger of bonuses is that they influence risky behavior.
Which is it?
- lsiebert 10y agoCooking the books isn't working harder.
- Noseshine 10y agoSo we have 1) "his work isn't influenced by bonuses" 2) "the danger of bonuses is that they influence risky behavior" I see two statements - but I don't see a contradiction. Which is it? They are independent of one another?
- ffggvv 10y agoExactly. They influence but not in a good way.
- Noseshine 10y agoNow that is a contradiction: You say "exactly" to then claim the exact opposite? How do they interact? I said - and still say - those are completely independent statements. How does 1) have any influence on 2)? If that individuals work is or isn't influenced by bonuses the general statement 2) changes somehow? Magically? Or vide versa, the same. No connection. No matter what you think of 2), the personal statement 1) is right or wrong independent of 2).
- ikeyany 10y agoI think there is an implied "tend to" before "influence".
- lhopki01 10y agoOne is a statement by an individual - an anecdote the other is what data from studies have shown us. Which do you think it is?
- cirnine 10y agoThe last paragraph of the article answers your question: "We only half agree: Abundant evidence shows that people – including top managers – will in fact start to behave differently if you make a large proportion of their remuneration dependent on some measure of performance. But it will not be in a way you want them to behave."