Effort, Performance, and Conscientiousness: An Agency Theory Perspective
| Autor: | Henry L. Tosi, Eric A. Fong |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
| Předmět: |
Strategy and Management
05 social sciences Perspective (graphical) Principal–agent problem Conscientiousness 050105 experimental psychology Task (project management) Principal (commercial law) 0502 economics and business Agency (sociology) Incentive alignment 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Psychology Social psychology 050203 business & management Finance |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Management. 33:161-179 |
| ISSN: | 1557-1211 0149-2063 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0149206306298658 |
| Popis: | The authors examine the moderating effects of conscientiousness on the relationships between agency controls and effort and agency controls and task performance. Results show that less conscientious individuals appear to increase effort through incentive alignment and monitoring, whereas conscientious individuals do not shirk with or without agency controls. Furthermore, results show that less conscientious individuals increase task performance through incentive alignment, but not through monitoring. The study confirms that motivation to act opportunistically differs between individuals unlike what is assumed by agency theory. Also, incentive alignment may be more effective than monitoring when attempting to align principal and agent interests. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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