When Do Financial Incentives Reduce Intrinsic Motivation? Comparing Behaviors Studied in Psychological and Economic Literatures

Objective: To review existing evidence on the potential of incentives to undermine or “crowd out” intrinsic motivation, in order to establish whether and when it predicts financial incentives to crowd out motivation for health-related behaviors. Method: We conducted a conceptual analysis to compare...

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Main Authors: Promberger, Marianne, Marteau, Theresa M.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: American Psychological Association 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3906839/