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I always find that study very funny. A great deal of people DO consider money a very good incentive (and an ever-increasing number consider "team events" an ann
by herval 15y ago
I always find that study very funny. A great deal of people DO consider money a very good incentive (and an ever-increasing number consider "team events" an annoyance and would trade it all for more time for themselves/their families)...
What would you rather have given to you as an incentive: a raise, more free time or a weekly barbecue with the blokes from the office?
- true_religion 15y agoThe answer is not to ask workers what they want, but rather examine how workers actually behave under the different circumstances.
- herval 15y agoHow do you measure it? Both giving different incentives to different members of the team and giving random incentives every time will probably DEMOTIVATE people for obvious reasons (it will feel "unfair", "unpredictable", "random")
- true_religion 15y agoIf you have too small a team, you can't run an experiment on them. The sample size is too tiny.
- maigret 15y agoI guess a valuable scientific study would try to see the delta between what people like and what they think they want. Applying that in real teams though, has a lot more to do with the personal experience and ability to deal with peoples and teams. Some understanding of one own personality and psychology sure helps for getting that kind of ability.