Are financial incentives related to performance? A meta-analytic review of empirical research

Jenkins (1998) · Journal of Applied Psychology · Read the paper

[NOT READ; headline findings from search-reported abstract text and from the explicit restatement in Kim, Gerhart and Fang 2022] Jenkins, G. D., Mitra, A., Gupta, N., & Shaw, J. D. (1998). 'Are financial incentives related to performance? A meta-analytic review of empirical research.' Journal of Applied Psychology, 83(5), 777-787. doi:10.1037/0021-9010.83.5.777. 39 studies containing 47 relationships. Financial incentives correlated moderately with performance quantity and showed no relationship with performance quality. Setting moderated the relationship; task type did not.

[NOT READ; headline findings from search-reported abstract text and from the explicit restatement in Kim, Gerhart and Fang 2022] Jenkins, G. D., Mitra, A., Gupta, N., & Shaw, J. D. (1998). 'Are financial incentives related to performance? A meta-analytic review of empirical research.' Journal of Applied Psychology, 83(5), 777-787. doi:10.1037/0021-9010.83.5.777. 39 studies containing 47 relationships. Financial incentives correlated moderately with performance quantity and showed no relationship with performance quality. Setting moderated the relationship; task type did not.

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Jenkins, G. D., Mitra, A., Gupta, N., & Shaw, J. D. (1998). Are financial incentives related to performance? A meta-analytic review of empirical research. Journal of Applied Psychology, 83(5), 777-787.