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| Title |
Prosocial Bonuses Increase Employee Satisfaction and Team Performance
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, September 2013
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0075509 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Lalin Anik, Lara B. Aknin, Michael I. Norton, Elizabeth W. Dunn, Jordi Quoidbach |
| Abstract |
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 sports teams in Canada and pharmaceutical sales teams in Belgium. These results suggest that a minor adjustment to employee bonuses--shifting the focus from the self to others--can produce measurable benefits for employees and organizations. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 44 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 25% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 5% |
| Finland | 2 | 5% |
| Australia | 2 | 5% |
| Germany | 1 | 2% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 2% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 2% |
| Sweden | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 3 | 7% |
| Unknown | 19 | 43% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 36 | 82% |
| Scientists | 5 | 11% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 5% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 278 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| Kenya | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Romania | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| Luxembourg | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 265 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 46 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 45 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 26 | 9% |
| Researcher | 20 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 15 | 5% |
| Other | 66 | 24% |
| Unknown | 60 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Business, Management and Accounting | 63 | 23% |
| Psychology | 57 | 21% |
| Social Sciences | 28 | 10% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 17 | 6% |
| Engineering | 6 | 2% |
| Other | 38 | 14% |
| Unknown | 69 | 25% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 154. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 April 2023.
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#1,945
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