Rewarding Those Hardly Working More Than Those Working Hard: How Misallocating Equitable Team-Based Rewards in Interdependent Tasks Can Create a Barrier to Retaining Higher-Performing Team Members
| dc.contributor.advisor | Zaccaro, Stephen | |
| dc.contributor.author | Shore, Daniel B | |
| dc.creator | Shore, Daniel B | |
| dc.date | 2020-05 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-01-29T13:11:43Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-01-29T13:11:43Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study examined one possible barrier to the effectiveness of equitable team-based rewards (i.e. rewards allocated according to each team member's individual contribution) that can especially occur with interdependent tasks, where it may be difficult to measure individual contributions: reward misallocation, such that higher performers are rewarded less than lower performers. The impact of three individual differences as moderators— equity sensitivity, exchange ideology, and agreeableness—was also examined. Results from a sample of 122 undergraduate students, each paired with a confederate teammate (who was always the lower performer), indicated that misallocation did not negatively impact individual performance or helping behaviors on a subsequent task. Misallocation, did however, reduce the intention to continue working with the teammate on future tasks. Lastly, moderating effects of the individual differences were not found. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1920/11944 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.subject | Rewards | |
| dc.subject | Team | |
| dc.subject | Fairness | |
| dc.subject | Justice | |
| dc.subject | Equitable | |
| dc.subject | Independent | |
| dc.title | Rewarding Those Hardly Working More Than Those Working Hard: How Misallocating Equitable Team-Based Rewards in Interdependent Tasks Can Create a Barrier to Retaining Higher-Performing Team Members | |
| dc.type | Dissertation | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Psychology | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | George Mason University | |
| thesis.degree.level | Doctoral | |
| thesis.degree.name | Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology |