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題名 An Empirical Analysis of Employee Responses to Bonuses and Penalties
作者 吳安妮
Wu, Anne
Stede, Wim A. Van der
Wu, Steve Yuching
貢獻者 會計系
關鍵詞 employee compensation; incentives;bonus;penalty; prospect theory
日期 2020-01
上傳時間 26-May-2020 15:07:19 (UTC+8)
摘要 We examine how employees respond to bonuses and penalties using a proprietary data set from an electronic chip manufacturer in China. First, we examine the relative effects of bonuses and penalties and observe a stronger effect on subsequent effort and performance for penalties than for bonuses. Second, we find that the marginal sensitivity of penalties diminishes faster than that of bonuses, indicating that the marginal effect of a bonus may eventually exceed that of a penalty as their value increases. Third, we find an undesirable selection effect of penalties: penalties increase employee turnover especially for skillful and high-quality workers. These results may help inform our understanding of the observed limited use of penalties in practice due to their bounded effectiveness and possible unintended consequences.
關聯 The Accounting Review,
資料類型 article
DOI https://doi.org/10.2308/tar-2017-0141
dc.contributor 會計系
dc.creator (作者) 吳安妮
dc.creator (作者) Wu, Anne
dc.creator (作者) Stede, Wim A. Van der
dc.creator (作者) Wu, Steve Yuching
dc.date (日期) 2020-01
dc.date.accessioned 26-May-2020 15:07:19 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 26-May-2020 15:07:19 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 26-May-2020 15:07:19 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/129948-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) We examine how employees respond to bonuses and penalties using a proprietary data set from an electronic chip manufacturer in China. First, we examine the relative effects of bonuses and penalties and observe a stronger effect on subsequent effort and performance for penalties than for bonuses. Second, we find that the marginal sensitivity of penalties diminishes faster than that of bonuses, indicating that the marginal effect of a bonus may eventually exceed that of a penalty as their value increases. Third, we find an undesirable selection effect of penalties: penalties increase employee turnover especially for skillful and high-quality workers. These results may help inform our understanding of the observed limited use of penalties in practice due to their bounded effectiveness and possible unintended consequences.
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dc.relation (關聯) The Accounting Review,
dc.subject (關鍵詞) employee compensation; incentives;bonus;penalty; prospect theory
dc.title (題名) An Empirical Analysis of Employee Responses to Bonuses and Penalties
dc.type (資料類型) article
dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.2308/tar-2017-0141
dc.doi.uri (DOI) https://doi.org/10.2308/tar-2017-0141