Incentives That Induce Task-Related Effort, Helping, and Knowledge Sharing in Workgroups

Enno Siemsen
Enno Siemsen
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Department of Business Administration, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois 61820
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Sridhar Balasubramanian
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Department of Marketing, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
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Aleda V. Roth
Aleda V. Roth
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Department of Management, College of Business and Behavioral Science, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634
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Department of Business Administration, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois 61820

Department of Marketing, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599

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Aleda V. Roth

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Department of Management, College of Business and Behavioral Science, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634

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Enno Siemsen, Sridhar Balasubramanian, Aleda V. Roth, (2007) Incentives That Induce Task-Related Effort, Helping, and Knowledge Sharing in Workgroups. Management Science 53(10):1533-1550.

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