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dc.contributor.authorBurtscher, Michael Josef-
dc.contributor.authorHüffmeier, Joachim-
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-18T13:45:21Z-
dc.date.available2022-11-18T13:45:21Z-
dc.date.issued2022-09-
dc.identifier.urihttps://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/26124-
dc.description.abstractTeams have become the prevalent form of work organization in science. Yet, despite its benefits, scientific teamwork is discouraged by several organizational policies. The current study focusses on one such policy, i.e., individualizing incentives. In two studies – a pilot field study and an experiment – we investigated the effects of individualizing incentives on the decision to collaborate and on task choice. In a pilot study, an analysis of publication data indicates that articles from faculties that used individualizing incentives had fewer co-authors and lower impact factors. In the main study, we invited 246 participants in groups of 5-6 persons and asked them to work on several intellectual tasks of varying difficulty. Participants were free to work on their own or in a team and to choose their tasks. Our design had three conditions: 1) In the “pro collaboration”-condition, participants received identical cash prizes regardless of whether a task was completed alone or in a team; 2) in the “individualizing incentives”-condition, cash prizes for completed tasks were divided by the number of persons involved; and 3) in the control condition, participants received a lump sum. In the “individualizing incentives”-condition, participants were on average seven times less likely to collaborate than in the other two conditions. Moreover, they tended to choose less difficult tasks. Our findings indicate that in the context of scientific teams, individualizing incentives impede collaboration and lead to a focus on less ambitious tasks.de_CH
dc.language.isoende_CH
dc.rightsLicence according to publishing contractde_CH
dc.subjectTeamde_CH
dc.subjectScientific teamde_CH
dc.subjectIncentivede_CH
dc.subjectTeam formationde_CH
dc.subject.ddc158: Angewandte Psychologiede_CH
dc.subject.ddc658.402: Interne Organisationde_CH
dc.titleThe effects of individualizing incentives on collaboration and task choice in scientific teamsde_CH
dc.typeKonferenz: Sonstigesde_CH
dcterms.typeTextde_CH
zhaw.departementAngewandte Psychologiede_CH
zhaw.organisationalunitPsychologisches Institut (PI)de_CH
zhaw.conference.details17th Conference of the Swiss Psychological Society, Zurich, Switzerland, 4-6 September 2022de_CH
zhaw.funding.euNode_CH
zhaw.originated.zhawYesde_CH
zhaw.publication.statuspublishedVersionde_CH
zhaw.publication.reviewPeer review (Abstract)de_CH
zhaw.webfeedDiagnostik und Beratungde_CH
zhaw.author.additionalNode_CH
zhaw.display.portraitYesde_CH
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Burtscher, M. J., & Hüffmeier, J. (2022, September). The effects of individualizing incentives on collaboration and task choice in scientific teams. 17th Conference of the Swiss Psychological Society, Zurich, Switzerland, 4-6 September 2022.
Burtscher, M.J. and Hüffmeier, J. (2022) ‘The effects of individualizing incentives on collaboration and task choice in scientific teams’, in 17th Conference of the Swiss Psychological Society, Zurich, Switzerland, 4-6 September 2022.
M. J. Burtscher and J. Hüffmeier, “The effects of individualizing incentives on collaboration and task choice in scientific teams,” in 17th Conference of the Swiss Psychological Society, Zurich, Switzerland, 4-6 September 2022, Sep. 2022.
BURTSCHER, Michael Josef und Joachim HÜFFMEIER, 2022. The effects of individualizing incentives on collaboration and task choice in scientific teams. In: 17th Conference of the Swiss Psychological Society, Zurich, Switzerland, 4-6 September 2022. Conference presentation. September 2022
Burtscher, Michael Josef, and Joachim Hüffmeier. 2022. “The Effects of Individualizing Incentives on Collaboration and Task Choice in Scientific Teams.” Conference presentation. In 17th Conference of the Swiss Psychological Society, Zurich, Switzerland, 4-6 September 2022.
Burtscher, Michael Josef, and Joachim Hüffmeier. “The Effects of Individualizing Incentives on Collaboration and Task Choice in Scientific Teams.” 17th Conference of the Swiss Psychological Society, Zurich, Switzerland, 4-6 September 2022, 2022.


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