Authors:

  • Michael Norton

Excerpt

Prosocial Bonuses Increase Employee Satisfaction and Team Performance. Michael I. Norton, September 2013, Paper. "In three field studies, we explore the impact of providing employees and teammates with prosocial bonuses, a novel type of bonus spent on others rather than on oneself. In Experiment 1, we show that prosocial bonuses in the form of donations to charity lead to happier and more satisfied employees at an Australian bank. In Experiments 2a and 2b, we show that prosocial bonuses in the form of expenditures on teammates lead to better performance in both..." Link Verified October 11, 2014